The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 24, 2023

At Versailles, July 1919

1919

Jean Louis Forain

(French, 1852–1931)

France, 20th century

Black crayon, watercolor, and gouache, over graphite

Support: Cream(1) wove paper

Sheet: 38 x 51.4 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1925.1183

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower right in graphite: forain ; by artist, upper left, in graphite: A Verseilles ; by artist, lower center, in graphite: en juillet 1919 ; lower left, in graphite: La Doulourease. "Il se trompait: Elle est fraiche, mais pas joyeuse." ; lower right, in graphite: A2357

Provenance
[Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc.] (according to departmental card)
Exhibition history

CMA, Exhibition of Cartoons and Caricatures (Mar. 6-Apr. 24, 1946).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 11-Oct. 3, 1940).

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1925.1183