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The image shows three people from the shoulders up, sitting closely together. The person on the left has voluminous wavy hair, the one in the center has tightly drawn back or styled hair, and the person on the right has light facial features defined by long, slanting lines. Their clothing is closely fitting with textured lines suggesting fabric folds. The background appears to be indoors, with suggestive lines indicating a crowd or busy space. Above to the left are further indistinct forms, potentially suggesting spectators or an audience.
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The image shows three people from the shoulders up, sitting closely together. The person on the left has voluminous wavy hair, the one in the center has tightly drawn back or styled hair, and the person on the right has light facial features defined by long, slanting lines. Their clothing is closely fitting with textured lines suggesting fabric folds. The background appears to be indoors, with suggestive lines indicating a crowd or busy space. Above to the left are further indistinct forms, potentially suggesting spectators or an audience.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Baignoire au théatre (Lower Box at the Theater)

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
1909
Medium
etching and aquatint (zinc plate) on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
image: 17.3 × 25.6 cm (6 13/16 × 10 1/16 in.) plate: 20 × 27.9 cm (7 7/8 × 11 in.) sheet: 38 × 50.7 cm (14 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.3754
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Hat
  • Female figure
Provenance

Lucien Henraux [1877-1926], Paris; Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "2e etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "G41II" lower left 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

[crowned Strasburg lily] "VGL / VAN GELDER ZON[EN]"

NGA object ID 6872. 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.