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The image is a drawing of a man sitting on a chair beside a table. He is leaning forward with his arms crossed and resting on the table, his head slightly bowed. He has short, dark hair and is wearing a suit. On the table, there is an inkwell with a feather quill. The background is plain.
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The image is a drawing of a man sitting on a chair beside a table. He is leaning forward with his arms crossed and resting on the table, his head slightly bowed. He has short, dark hair and is wearing a suit. On the table, there is an inkwell with a feather quill. The background is plain.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Versailles juillet 1919

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
probably 1919
Medium
brush and black ink and black crayon on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 38 x 51.5 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1943.3.9054
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Impressionist
  • World War I
  • military
Provenance

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

Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "a Versailles juillet 1919" lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "La Douloureuse. "Il se trompait: Elle est fraiche, mais pas joyeuse." lower margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A 2359" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks

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

Watermarks

"CHAPRON-COQUELIN-PARIS"

NGA object ID 11562. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.