The image depicts a side view of two individuals, an adult and a child, drawn in black and blue lines against a cream background. The adult is seen in a standing and slightly hunched posture, facing right, with both hands placed near their waist. They have an ambiguous dark outline where facial features reside, and their hair appears covered mostly by a hood or shawl draped over their head and shoulders down to their feet. The child stands close to the adult, gazing up at them, with a hand possibly clinging to the adult's garment. The child’s head is lifted, and the dark hair is flowing down the back. The background is minimally detailed, with faint sketches suggesting other figures or objects scattered towards the right side of the image.
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The image depicts a side view of two individuals, an adult and a child, drawn in black and blue lines against a cream background. The adult is seen in a standing and slightly hunched posture, facing right, with both hands placed near their waist. They have an ambiguous dark outline where facial features reside, and their hair appears covered mostly by a hood or shawl draped over their head and shoulders down to their feet. The child stands close to the adult, gazing up at them, with a hand possibly clinging to the adult's garment. The child’s head is lifted, and the dark hair is flowing down the back. The background is minimally detailed, with faint sketches suggesting other figures or objects scattered towards the right side of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

a) Refugees (recto); b) No 2 (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
c. 1914/1919
Medium
a) brush and black ink and blue crayon on wove paper b) blue crayon on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 33.7 x 50.2 cm (13 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1943.3.4045.a-b
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Impressionist
  • World War I
  • military
Provenance

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

Inscription

"forain" lower right margin, graphite, written twice, artist's hand. Not dated. "A 2297" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "No 2" [underlined] verso, upper right sheet, blue crayon, artist's hand.

Marks

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

Watermarks

None.

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