Le Bon Feu (The Good Fire), c. 1916

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Medium

lithograph [poster] in black and brown on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 119.8 × 79.6 cm (47 3/16 × 31 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 305

Accession Number

1943.3.4358

Artists / Makers

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

Henri Chachoin (printer) French, active late 19th century

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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, black ink. "LE BON FEU / 1914 - 1915 - 1916" upper center composition, brown ink. "Imp. H. CHACHOIN. PARIS" lower left margin, brown ink.

Marks and Labels

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

Bibliography

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