Le retour du permissionnaire. -Tu Tombes a pie!, c. 1914/1919

Not on View

Medium

black and orange crayon and brush and black ink on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 32.9 x 50.2 cm (12 15/16 x 19 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.4113

Artists / Makers

Jean-Louis Forain (artist) French, 1852 - 1931

Image Use

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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "la retour di permissionnaire" upper left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "-Tu Tombes à pie!" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "A2372" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius