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Jean-Louis Forain

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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 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

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

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

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

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

The Reporter

n.d.

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

Lourdes, the Paralytic (second plate)

1912

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

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

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

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

Christ at Emmaus

c. 1902

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

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

Poster with a sketch of a seated prisoner writing, beside French text appealing for clothing donations for war prisoners, 191

LE VÊTEMENT DU PRISONNIER DE GUERRE/ RATTACHE A LA + FRANCAISE/ 63, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, PARIS

1916

Red-ink poster for the Théâtre des Nabots with a sketched caricature figure at left and bold advertising text at right.

THEATRE/ DES NABOTS/ TROUPE DE 150 MARIONNETTES/ SCULPTEES PAR Mme FORAIN/ CINQ JOURS DE REPRESENTATIONS/ AU PROFIT D…

1908

Poster of two women in period dress riding bicycles, with French text announcing the Deuxième Salon du Cycle at Palais de l'I

Deuxième Salon du cycle. Xbre octobre 94 affiche affiche, j.l.forain

1894

Sepia poster by Forain showing a sleeping woman in an attic bed beside a window over rooftops, with the title La Vie de Bohèm

La Vie de Bohème par Puccini, G. Ricordi & Cie éditeurs affiche, Forain

1895

Poster of two women on bicycles in long skirts, advertising the Deuxième Salon du Cycle at the Palais de l'Industrie.

Pl 51 - Jean-Louis Forain

1895