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The image shows two people dressed in naval attire. One person is standing with binoculars raised to their eyes, while the other person is lying down, propped up with one elbow. The sketch is depicted with black lines on a plain background.
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The image shows two people dressed in naval attire. One person is standing with binoculars raised to their eyes, while the other person is lying down, propped up with one elbow. The sketch is depicted with black lines on a plain background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

a) Looking for the Enemy (recto); b) Sketch for Looking for the Enemy (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
c. 1914/1919
Medium
a) brush and black ink on wove paper b) brush and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 32.6 x 50.3 cm (12 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1943.3.4084.a-b
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

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, artist's hand. Not dated. "L'Ecole des Neutres. "C'est un Scandinave!" "Ah! je restire!"" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A 2343" 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 7203. 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.