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Jean-Louis Forain

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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

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

The Café of the New Athens

c. 1876

To Bullier's

c. 1876

Etching of a nude woman with braided hair, striped stockings and an umbrella standing on a wet street.

Rejected Frontispiece for Marthe

1879

Etching of a smiling woman with curled hair holding a bottle and glass, with pale round shapes behind her head.

Frontispiece for Marthe

1879

Invitation from the newspaper "Le Monde Parisien"

1880

Etching of a standing woman in a fur hat and long buttoned dress holding a fan beside a doorway.

Frontispiece from Croquis Parisiens

1880

Etching of theatre patrons: a man in a top hat, women in large feathered hats, and a child in the foreground.

The Foiles-Bergère, First Plate

1880

Etching of a smiling woman in a feathered hat, fur trim and long gloves, holding a parasol beside a shop sign.

The Walker

1880

Etching of a woman in a dark dress knotting a cravat for a man in a cap and patterned shirt, interior setting.

Knotting the Cravat

1880

Etching of three figures seated at a café table, a woman with upswept hair and a man in a cap beside a glass and cup.

Brothel

1880

Etching of two seated figures in an interior; a woman in a dark hat looks sideways while a figure in the foreground faces awa

Tête-à-tête

1895

Etching of two women, one with long hair and bare shoulder, the other in a feathered hat holding a folded fan.

The White Slave Trade

1886, printed 1909

Etching of a hunched man in a dark cloak passing a crowd in a courthouse corridor with tall columns.

In the Corridors of the Court House

December 1908

Etching of a woman in a dark hat and a man seated in a theater box, with an audience crowded behind them.

Lower Box at the Theater

February 1909

Lithograph of a man in top hat standing before theater boxes with a woman in white and seated audience members.

At the Theater

c. 1892

Etching of a woman in a patterned dress and hat holding an umbrella, set against dark crosshatched night background.

Strolling Woman with Umbrella

n.d.

Lithograph of a woman in a dark shawl beside a curtained bed, with a nightstand, lamp and slippers on the floor.

Breakfast (vertical plate)

c. 1895

Lithograph of two women in a sketched interior, one seated in an armchair and one leaning forward beside a curtain.

Instructions for the Day

c. 1900

Lithograph of two men standing in a dim interior under a hanging lamp, with seated figures in shadow at left.

Cleared Out

July 1914

Loose lithograph of a seated man at a dining table with a standing woman raising her arm beside him.

Private Dining Room Scene (horizontal plate)

c. 1905

Line drawing in reddish ink of a man in a suit standing beside a hanging coat on a hook, signed Forain.

In the Cloakroom

c. 1897

Grey lithograph of a top-hatted man beside a seated woman in a white tutu in a dressing room with a mirror.

The Dancer's Dressing Room, First Plate

1895

Charcoal-style sketch of a seated bearded man with a bald head, eyes lowered, wearing a loose coat, on white paper.

Portrait of Vollard, Seated

c. 1910

Lithographic theater program by Jean Louis Forain showing a standing balding man in a frock coat beside printed cast credits.

Theater Program for Une Journee Parlementaire

1893-94

Loose lithograph sketch of a seated nude woman seen from behind, head bowed, on a pale sheet.

Study of a Nude Woman, from Behind

n.d.

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and a woman in a feathered hat seated at restaurant tables near a window.

At the Restaurant

1890

Lithograph of a ballet dancer in a tutu embracing a bald older man in evening dress beside a stool.

The Consent

1892

Crayon sketch of a man in a cap and a woman in a long dress beside a stack of framed pictures in an interior.

"I don't dare take them down yet...it would hurt him too much"

c. 1892

Sepia print of a nude woman leaning at a dresser beside a clothed attendant in a white apron, with a chair and window.

The Massage With Coarse Hair Glove, Wash and Line Plate

1895

Sketched lithograph of a crowned figure stripped before soldiers, kneeling women at right, and a cross on the ground.

Christ Stripped of His Clothes

1909

Lithograph of a bowed lawyer in a dark robe with hands to his face, while a uniformed guard and spectators watch in a courtro

The Lawyer Abused

July 1914

Charcoal sketch of a helmeted soldier holding a flag on a pole as a veiled woman leans in to kiss it.

Kissing the Flag

1919

Dark lithograph of a seated woman holding a child, surrounded by standing figures in a crowded, shadowy interior.

Recess of the Hearing

July 1914

Charcoal sketch of two men in an interior: a balding man leaning forward and a top-hatted man writing in a notebook.

The Reporter

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a brown coat and dark hat walking on a curving path beside a tree.

Woman Walking

Caricature of a large-headed man on a beach looking at bathers in the sea, with printed advertisements below.

Karikatuur van een intellectueel aan het strand

1898

Charcoal sketch of a woman seated at a piano seen from behind, with loose lines suggesting an interior room.

Young Woman Seated at a Piano [recto]

c. 1890

Lithograph of a standing man in a frock coat smoking, beside a printed Théâtre Libre cast list, by Jean-Louis Forain.

Une Journée parlementaire

1894

Fan-shaped print of a ballerina in a tutu facing a bearded man in a top hat, with another man behind them, in warm orange ton

Fan

1903

Etching of two kneeling pilgrims before a rough wall, one with a raised arm and a crutch on the ground.

Lourdes, Imploring before the Grotto (fourth plate)

1912

Etching of two figures bending over a stretcher-bound paralytic, with faint sketched figures in the background.

Lourdes, the Paralytic (second plate)

1912

Charcoal sketch of a helmeted man gripping the shoulder of a cap-wearing man in a loose jacket.

The German Expelled

1919

Lithograph of two men in dark suits standing in a dim interior under a hanging lamp, with seated figures in shadow at left.

Cleaned Out

1914

Sketch of a bearded man leaning on a ledge beside a standing woman raising her arm, drawn in dark crayon on cream paper.

Scene in a Private Room (vertical plate)

1905

Lithograph of a dim gambling room with men in dark suits, a seated woman in a pale gown, and drapery behind them.

Gambling Room

1914

Charcoal-style sketch of a bearded, balding seated man in a coat, head bowed, drawn with loose hatched strokes.

Ambroise Vollard

1910

Lithograph of a courtroom with robed lawyers leaning at a wooden barrier and a helmeted guard standing at left.

Lawyer Talking to His Client

1915

Lithograph of a slumped seated man and a standing woman in a long dress beside a draped table in a dim room.

Scene in a Private Room (horizontal plate)

1905

Four Sketches of Ambroise Vollard

1910

Lithograph of dark-coated men with a top hat hurrying across a paved street beside a wall, by Jean-Louis Forain, 1915.

The Lawyer Pursued

1915

Brown lithograph of a nude woman leaning on a dresser while an attendant in an apron stands nearby in a room with a window.

La friction au gant de crin (Massage with Coarse Hair Glove)

1895

Etching of a seated man in a dark coat beside a woman holding a child, with spectators in a courtroom gallery behind.

Le Prévenu et l'Enfant (The accused and the child)

Pencil sketch of a bearded, haloed figure standing beside seated figures at a table in an interior.

Christ at Emmaus

c. 1902

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a man in top hat and a woman in a plum gown on a stage floor, with a dancer at right.

In the Wings

1875

Sketch of a weary standing woman leaning on a wall beside a seated man in a hat, drawn in charcoal and ink.

At the Peace Conference

c. 1919

Charcoal drawing of a man seated at a desk with an inkwell and quill, head bowed in thought, by Jean-Louis Forain.

A Versailles juillet 1919

probably 1919

Loose charcoal sketch of two bearded men at a table, one seated writing, one standing and smiling.

À la conférence (At the Conference)

c. 1919

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman in a red headscarf and long dress standing by a rock, with a sketched building behin

La France attend (France Waits)

c. 1914/1919

France Watching

c. 1914/1919

M. Clemenceau. La lettre du Cte Czernin

c. 1914/1919

Charcoal caricature of two men beside a table piled with top hats and bowler hats, with a French caption below.

C'est la Paix. Tu vois pas un kepi!

c. 1919

Etching of robed figures and a ladder on bare ground, with bearded men at right and kneeling figures at left.

Le Calvaire (Calvary)

1909

Etched sketch of two kneeling figures in long coats praying before candles near a cave at Lourdes, by Jean Forain.

Lourdes. Imploring before the grotto

1912

Poster of two women in period dress riding bicycles, with lettering for the Deuxième Salon du Cycle at the Palais de l'Indust

Deuxième Salon du Cycle/ Xbre 94/ PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE

1894