Inscription
Not signed. Not dated. "c / spx" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "m97" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 30308" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "J'ose pas encore aller le décrocher" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "1879" [underlined] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks and Labels
"RMx" (Roger Marx collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2229). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Provenance
Roger Marx [1859-1913], Paris, (Lugt 2229); (sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 27 April to 2 May 1914, lot 51); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 19 April 1929 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Bibliography
- 1982
- Faxon, Alicia Craig. Jean-Louis Forain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982.
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