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Jean-Louis Forain

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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

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 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

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