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Jean-Louis Forain

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Pastel portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and a pearl necklace, drawn on gray paper.

Ava Mendelsohn

Lithograph of a woman in a hat at a table with a man in a top hat and wine bottles beside her in a restaurant.

Au restaurant (At the Restaurant)

1890

Lithograph of a ballet dancer in a tutu bending to tie her slipper beside a standing attendant and a dark folding screen.

Danseuse rattachant son chausson (Dancer Tying Her Slipper)

c. 1891

Lithograph of a man reading a newspaper beside a woman in a shawl, framed by a shop window, by Jean-Louis Forain.

Rue Laffitte (Laffitte Street)

c. 1892

Sketch of a bearded man holding papers beside a woman in a long dress, with stacked papers on the floor and a wall picture.

"J'ose pas encore aller le décrocher...ça lui fera trop de peine." ("I don't dare take them down...it would hurt him…

c. 1892

Lithograph of a top-hatted man with a cane beside a counter where a clerk serves a bearded man and a woman in a fur stole.

Chez l'huissier (At the Bailiff's)

c. 1891

Sepia wash drawing of a man leaning toward a seated woman at a table with a wine bottle and book in a private room.

Scène de cabinet particulier (planche en largeur au lavis) (Scene in a Private Room) (horizontal plate with wash)

c. 1896

Pencil drawing of a nude woman at a doorway beside a clothed older woman holding linen, with a bathtub in the foreground.

On sonne! Si c'est l'Anglais d'hier maman tu t'en iras!

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress leaning toward a man holding a top hat beside an armchair.

Comedie Parisienne

Graphite sketch of two children looking over a crib rail, with a reclining figure in the lower left.

Children Looking over the Edge of a Crib

Watercolor sketch of a female singer performing before seated men in red caps at a café concert, with a waiter carrying glass

Le cafe concert des reservistes

Charcoal sketch of two men beside a bed, one crouching and one standing, with a hammer on the floor and a caption below.

Peur de Bourreau! Qu'est-ce que tu attends?...

Loose watercolor sketch of a reclining woman with flowing hair, arm extended across an empty tan paper.

Farniente

Brown wash drawing of a nude woman with long hair lying across rocks by the sea, with a hat beside her.

Nude on Rocks

Pen sketch of women in long gowns and men at an evening party, drawn in loose lines on tan paper.

At an Evening Party

Sketch of a standing man raising a wine glass toward a couple embracing on a sofa.

To Each His Own

Loose ink and brown wash sketch of reclining figures and a standing figure with an umbrella beneath tall arches.

Sur le canape

Charcoal drawing of a bowed, seated bearded man comforted by a standing woman with long hair behind him.

Consolation

Self-Portrait

Two Ladies in a Loge

1886

Pen and wash drawing of a man in a top hat speaking to a startled woman sitting up in bed, with French caption.

Elections Municipales

c. 1897

Watercolor drawing of a bearded man holding a child while a woman in a long dress gestures beside him in a room with laundry.

Le Peril Anarchiste

c. 1897

Caricature of a barber shaving a reclining man holding a mirror, with tools on a table and a French caption.

Projet de Voyage

c. 1897

Watercolor drawing of a barren plain under dark clouds, with a broken tree stump and ruined buildings on the right.

Devastated Land (recto)

c. 1919

Watercolor of a devastated landscape under a stormy sky with a ruined building and bare tree; reverse has pencil figures.

Devastated Land (recto); Figures in a Landscape (verso)

c. 1919

Sketch of a bearded man and a woman in a long dress standing beside stacked papers in a loosely drawn interior.

I Don't Dare Take Them Down...It Would Hurt Him Too Much

c. 1892

Brown wash sketch of a woman carrying a child fleeing past a ruined town with smoke and rubble.

"The German troups received the formal order to spare private property"

The Dead Girl

1884

Woman in headscarf pointing across a pale plain toward a distant village with smoke, with a child beside her, in watercolor a

It Was Our House

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a feathered hat facing a man leaning over a desk, with a second figure behind him.

The Client

Loose charcoal sketch of a seated man in a cap leaning forward to write on a small sheet on his knee.

The Clothing of the Prisoner of war

c. 1915

Two barefoot children wade at the sea's edge under dark clouds, one holding a bundle, in a watercolor drawing.

There is corn in the sea!

Charcoal and red chalk drawing of a woman with upswept hair and bare shoulders, turning her head, dated 1906.

Courtesan (recto)

1906

Graphite and chalk drawing of a woman with upswept hair, alongside verso sketches of figures in red and black chalk.

Courtesan (recto) Figure Sketches (verso)

1906

Ink and wash drawing of a man asleep in an armchair beside a draped desk with a book, inkwell and quill.

Apres l'attentat, Juin '97

1897

Etching of three women mourning around a reclining figure beside a wooden cross and a basin of water.

Pieta

1910

Etching of courtroom witnesses: a bearded man and another figure at a barrier, with women seated in the foreground.

Témoins à l'audience (Witnesses to the audience)

1908

Etching of a café interior with men in top hats seated at a table and a standing woman and man at left.

Interieur van een café

1876

Etching of Jean-Louis Forain leaning over a table to examine a plate, in a room with a window and column.

Zelfportret van Jean-Louis Forain een etsplaat bekijkend

1862

Etching of a woman with two children leaving a courtroom, a robed judge at the bench and a bailiff behind them.

Vrouw met twee jonge kinderen mogelijk een rechtszaal verlatend

1909

Etching of a bearded lawyer in a cap leaning over a woman and child seated before a courtroom barrier.

Advocaat met klanten voor de rechtbank

1909

Sketch of a sick woman in bed, a girl beside her and a bearded man in a top hat leaning over, from a 1898 magazine cover.

Man keert terug bij zijn zieke vrouw en kind

1898

Satirical cover of Psst...! showing a woman gathering flowers at a fence while a man in a long coat watches, 1898.

Vrouw plukt bloemen voor Émile Zola op het graf van Ravachol

1898

Caricature of a bearded man in a top hat standing by a bed with a seated figure, from the 1898 cover of Psst...!

Karikatuur van Edmond de Rothschild die terugkeert van een diner

1898

Caricature of a hunched figure in a dark cloak and hat beside a table of shoes, the cover of Psst...! from 1898.

Karikatuur van Joseph Reinach als Joodse schooier

1898

Caricature of two men in coats and hats, one handing the other a key, on a satirical 1898 Psst...! newspaper cover by Forain.

Karikatuur van twee mannen met de sleutel van kolonel Picquart

1898

Caricature of Émile Zola standing beside a woman in an apron near a desk, with a French caption, from Psst...! 1898.

Karikatuur van Émile Zola

1898

Caricature cover from 1898 showing a stout woman in a long dress speaking to a bearded man in glasses and a coat.

Karikatuur van Alfred Dreyfus en een Joodse vrouw

1898

Caricature of a cloaked figure clutching flying letters above a city skyline, from the 1898 magazine cover Psst...! by Forain

Karikatuur van de Staat als koning met een pet vol geheime brieven

1898

Sepia drawing of a nude woman washing at a table while a servant in an apron stands beside her in a room.

Naakte vrouw wast zich en bediende staat naast haar

1893

Etching of a young woman with raised arms standing on stretchers before a crowd of onlookers.

Lourdes, the miracle

1912

Satirical print of a painter's studio with a seated mother and infant, a standing man in a top hat holding a canvas, and a ch

Schildersfamilie in atelier

1889

Charcoal sketch of a bearded, balding man in a dark coat, head tilted down, signed Forain at lower right.

Portret van Ambroise Vollard

1910

Lithograph of a speaker pointing toward a factory as a crowd of workers, women and children listens below a smoky dusk sky.

Staking van fabrieksarbeiders

1897

Lithograph of a nude woman with long hair bending to undress beside a bathtub and a cabinet in a bathroom interior.

Vrouw ontkleedt zich in de badkamer

1897

Lithograph of a robed bearded figure above grieving women and children amid rubble and a ruined church, with French captions.

Vrouwen in gebombardeerde kerk klagen Christus aan

1918

Lithograph of a woman nursing an infant in a chair beside a shattered window, with debris on the floor.

Vrouw geeft borstvoeding terwijl de ruiten springen

1916

Etching of a courtroom: a lawyer leans toward a seated woman holding a child, with a man at the bench behind them.

L'Avocat parlant au prévenu (The lawyer speaks to the accused)

1909

Charcoal sketch of a courtroom with robed figures conferring over papers at a railing, and a uniformed officer standing at le

Legal Advice

1915

Charcoal drawing of a seated man and a standing hooded woman beside a cold fireplace, with French poster text below.

The Good Fire - Remember those who are cold

c. 1916

Fan-shaped sketch of a woman in a tulle skirt facing a mustached man in a top hat, with another figure behind him.

Fan for the Gavarni Ball

1903

Ambroise Vollard, Four Sketches

c. 1910

Etching of two dandies in black evening dress with top hat and canes standing before a street with lamps.

The Two Dandies

1876

Etching of a woman in a pale gown on a stage edge, with men in top hats watching from the left side.

The Departure of the star

November 1876