Fille-mère (1ère planche) (Unwed Mother) (first plate), 1909

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Medium

etching on laid Van Gelder paper

Dimensions

plate: 39.5 × 48.7 cm (15 9/16 × 19 3/16 in.)

sheet: 54 × 70.1 cm (21 1/4 × 27 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 47, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.3752

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

"epreuve d'essai / forain / janvier 1909" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Fille mère" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE739" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "93241 / [illeg.]" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (Marcel Louis Guérin collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1872b).

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1931: Prints and Drawings Relating to Lawyers and the Law, organized for the 54th annual Convention of the American Bar Association, Atlantic City Auditorium, 1931, no. 113, repro.

1933: A Century of Progress, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1933, no. 132, repro.

Bibliography

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