Servir (To Serve)

1913

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph [poster] in black and brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 104.9 × 79.1 cm (41 5/16 × 31 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.4356

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faxon 1982, no. 302, undescribed state


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 left margin, brown ink. Not dated. "25" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "73"[encricled] verso, black stamped ink.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64959591


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