Pour l'homme de demain

1914/1919

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Jean-Louis Forain

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype on Arches laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.3 × 44.3 cm (11 1/8 × 17 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.6 × 50.5 cm (13 1/4 × 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4141

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Faxon, Alicia Craig. Jean-Louis Forain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982.

Inscriptions

"forain" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "f." lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Pour l'homme de demain" upper left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Grand la boche evacue." lower center margin, in plate, artist's hand. "205/300" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "MK 34442" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

"ARCHES"

Wikidata ID

Q64959565

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