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The image shows two women from head to waist standing next to each other, engaged in conversation. The woman on the left is positioned partly in profile, facing the woman on the right, while the woman on the right is turned slightly away, facing towards the left. Their faces are delicately featured, with one woman wearing a decorative hat with feathers and the other with a simpler headpiece. The woman on the left wears a dark blouse, while the woman on the right dons a patterned outfit. Both women have their hair styled up or tucked under their headwear. The background consists of a textured, abstract shading, with lighter areas suggesting sky or cloud formations.
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The image shows two women from head to waist standing next to each other, engaged in conversation. The woman on the left is positioned partly in profile, facing the woman on the right, while the woman on the right is turned slightly away, facing towards the left. Their faces are delicately featured, with one woman wearing a decorative hat with feathers and the other with a simpler headpiece. The woman on the left wears a dark blouse, while the woman on the right dons a patterned outfit. Both women have their hair styled up or tucked under their headwear. The background consists of a textured, abstract shading, with lighter areas suggesting sky or cloud formations.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Bullier (To Bullier's)

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
c. 1876
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 16 × 12 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 41.6 × 32.6 cm (16 3/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.3741
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Woman
  • Costume
  • Hat
  • Dress
Provenance

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

Inscription

"JL Forain" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "G 11 only [underlined]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. ""A Bullier" (EE2739)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks

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

Watermarks

None.

NGA object ID 6859. 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.