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This is a drawing of an interior scene with figures around a table. The composition is rendered in black charcoal or pencil strokes. The central figure appears to be leaning over a surface. Behind the central figure are darker, abstract forms suggesting other figures or shadows. The background is filled with hatchings and cross-hatchings contrasting with the lighter foreground.
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This is a drawing of an interior scene with figures around a table. The composition is rendered in black charcoal or pencil strokes. The central figure appears to be leaning over a surface. Behind the central figure are darker, abstract forms suggesting other figures or shadows. The background is filled with hatchings and cross-hatchings contrasting with the lighter foreground.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A la table de jeu (At the Gambling Table)

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
c. 1914
Medium
lithograph on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 24 × 37 cm (9 7/16 × 14 9/16 in.) sheet: 34.9 × 50.6 cm (13 3/4 × 19 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.3876
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Seated figure
  • Table
  • Costume
  • Figures
Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 21 July 1928 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Inscription

"10-40 forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "7091[stricken] MK 29117" 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

None.

NGA object ID 6994. 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.