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This is a drawing of a crowd gathered around a man standing on an elevated platform. The scene depicts an event where a large group of people is focused intently on a central figure who appears to be addressing them. The group is huddled together, filling the lower half of the drawing and drawing the viewers' eyes toward the figure standing above them. The man at the center is depicted in a coat, hat, and holding an umbrella. Behind the gathering, an industrial landscape is visible with structures such as factories and smokestacks under a cloudy sky. The drawing uses soft shading and lines to convey both the mass of people and the industrial setting.
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This is a drawing of a crowd gathered around a man standing on an elevated platform. The scene depicts an event where a large group of people is focused intently on a central figure who appears to be addressing them. The group is huddled together, filling the lower half of the drawing and drawing the viewers' eyes toward the figure standing above them. The man at the center is depicted in a coat, hat, and holding an umbrella. Behind the gathering, an industrial landscape is visible with structures such as factories and smokestacks under a cloudy sky. The drawing uses soft shading and lines to convey both the mass of people and the industrial setting.

National Gallery of Art · Print

a) Scène de grève (3e planche) (Scene of a Strike) (third plate) (recto); b) Untitled (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
c. 1897
Medium
a) lithograph on laid paper b) black lithographic crayon on laid paper
Dimensions
image (recto): 28.3 × 41.5 cm (11 1/8 × 16 5/16 in.) sheet: 39.2 × 55 cm (15 7/16 × 21 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.3860.a-b
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • City
  • Rock
  • Man
  • 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. "forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "La greve No 1" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks

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

Watermarks

None.

NGA object ID 6978. 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.