Danseuse rattachant son chausson (Dancer Tying Her Slipper), c. 1891

Not on View

Medium

lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 34.6 x 30 cm (13 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 181

Accession Number

1943.3.3836

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

"forain" lower right composition, in stone, artist's hand. Not dated. "= 5" upper left composition, in stone, artist's hand. "G2" 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).

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 19 December 1928 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

2008: The Dancer: Degas, Forain, and Toulouse-Lautrec, Portland Art Museum, Oregon, 2008.

Bibliography

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