Le bouquet (The Bouquet), c. 1876

Not on View

Medium

etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 12 × 16 cm (4 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

sheet: 32.5 × 50.1 cm (12 13/16 × 19 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 6, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.3736

Artists / Makers

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

Gustave Pellet (printer) French, 1859 - 1919

Image Use

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Inscription

"L. Forain" upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "G6" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Forain -" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "ousreuse" lower right margin, brown ink, unknown hand. "No 10 C. tp" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "5" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"GP" (Gustave Pellet collector's stamp), lower right margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 1190). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (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

Bibliography

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