ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
The image shows a group of people in a theater box. In the center, there is an older man with a mustache, wearing a top hat and a formal suit with a bow tie. To his right, a woman with long, dark hair sits. Beside them, there is another male figure with a bald head. In the foreground, there are more seats, and in the background, there are darker shadowy figures. The scene has a sketch-like quality with soft, blurred details and a monochrome color palette.
Read the visual description

The image shows a group of people in a theater box. In the center, there is an older man with a mustache, wearing a top hat and a formal suit with a bow tie. To his right, a woman with long, dark hair sits. Beside them, there is another male figure with a bald head. In the foreground, there are more seats, and in the background, there are darker shadowy figures. The scene has a sketch-like quality with soft, blurred details and a monochrome color palette.

National Gallery of Art · Print

a) Au théâtre (At the Theatre) (recto); (b) Untitled (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
c. 1892
Medium
a) lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper b) crayon in purple on wove Arches vellum paper
Dimensions
image (recto): 20.1 × 29.6 cm (7 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 39.5 × 51.9 cm (15 9/16 × 20 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.3840.a-b
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Chair
  • Costume
  • Hat
  • Figures
Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 3 December 1928 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Inscription

"forain" lower right composition, in stone, artist's hand. Not dated. "forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Verso: none.

Marks

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

Watermarks

"j.l. forain"

NGA object ID 6958. 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.