Les v'la qui montent en fiacre avec Monsieur!

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Medium

brush and black ink, blue and brown crayon, and watercolor on board

Dimensions

overall: 37.6 x 26.7 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.3945

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

"forain" lower right composition, black ink, artist's hand. Not dated. "Les v'la qui montent en fra re avec Monsieur! / - Sin au je n'me [illeg.]'rais jamais douté am'cetaient / des agents en bourgeois! / -En voilure! Si c'etait nous, c'que hous aurious les menottes!" lower right margin, brown ink, artist's hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius