The image contains four sketches of a man's head in different poses. Each sketch features the head and partial neck area from various angles. The top left sketch is a side profile showing the man's bald head and mustache. The top right sketch is a front-facing view with a beard and prominent brow. The bottom left sketch shows the head slightly inclined downward with closed eyes. The bottom right sketch, akin to the top left, features a side profile highlighting the beard and mustache. The sketches are rendered in graphite on a light beige background, maintaining a minimalist style without detailed clothing or surroundings.
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The image contains four sketches of a man's head in different poses. Each sketch features the head and partial neck area from various angles. The top left sketch is a side profile showing the man's bald head and mustache. The top right sketch is a front-facing view with a beard and prominent brow. The bottom left sketch shows the head slightly inclined downward with closed eyes. The bottom right sketch, akin to the top left, features a side profile highlighting the beard and mustache. The sketches are rendered in graphite on a light beige background, maintaining a minimalist style without detailed clothing or surroundings.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ambroise Vollard, quatre esquisses (Ambroise Vollard, four sketches)

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
c. 1910
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 44 × 33.3 cm (17 5/16 × 13 1/8 in.) sheet: 57.2 × 46.4 cm (22 1/2 × 18 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.3893
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Portrait
  • Face
  • Man
Provenance

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

Inscription

"f." lower center composition, in stone, artist's hand. Not dated. "H" lower right 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 7011. 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.