Les Nuits de Paris
1914/1919
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Artwork overview
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Medium
collotype on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 41.1 × 28.3 cm (16 3/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
sheet (irreg.): 38 × 54 cm (14 15/16 × 21 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.4142
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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 composition, in plate, artist's hand. "f" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Les nuits de Paris" upper left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "-le va pleuvon: Tu peux le coucher." lower center composition, in plate, artist's hand. "MK 33518 / c 28149[stricken]" 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
[monogram]
Wikidata ID
Q64959569