Le colporteur juif (The Jewish Peddler), c. 1900

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Medium

transfer lithograph on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 22 × 18.5 cm (8 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 36.9 × 47.7 cm (14 1/2 × 18 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Faxon 1982, no. 250

Accession Number

1943.3.3869

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

"forain" lower center composition, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "G67" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE720" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2148" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "7887 / Le Colporteur Jeuf" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

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 18 June 1928 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Beurdeley, Alfred
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1974: Social Concern and the Worker: French Prints from 1830-1910, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City; Cleveland Museum of Art; and Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1974, no. 10, repro.

Bibliography

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