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Jean-Louis Forain

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

Comedie Parisienne

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

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

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

Consolation

Self-Portrait

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

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

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

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

Courtesan (recto)

1906

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

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

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 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

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

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