a) L'amour à Paris (Love in Paris) (recto); b) Untitled (verso), c. 1893

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Medium

a) lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper b) graphite on wove Arches vellum paper

Dimensions

image (recto): 37.5 × 28.5 cm (14 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 52 × 39.4 cm (20 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 195, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1943.3.3846.a-b

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

"f" lower right margin, in stone, artist's hand. "G16II" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "au verso - froques de Danseuse" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 30109" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

(Alfred Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 19 April 1929 to 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.