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Jean-Louis Forain

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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

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman seen from behind, with a hair bun, beside a piano edge on tan paper.

Young Woman Seated at a Piano [verso]

c. 1890