Avocat compulsant un dossier (Lawyer Going through a Brief), 1909

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint in brown on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 23.6 × 29.6 cm (9 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

sheet: 36.5 × 50.7 cm (14 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 86, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.3786

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "G77 III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (George M. Adams collector's stamp), verso, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 59).

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.