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Jean-Louis Forain

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

Frontispiece for Marthe

1879

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

Cleared Out

July 1914

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambroise Vollard

1910

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

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)

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

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 a woman in a pale blue gown lifting pink drapery, with French exhibition lettering on the right side.

PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE/ AOUT. NOVEMBRE/ Exposition/ DES/ ARTS DE LA FEMME/ LA/ PARISIENNE/ DU/ SIECLE/ 7 Dioramas par/…

1892