Artworks · Jean-Louis Forain

The Foiles-Bergère, First Plate

1880 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 9.7 × 15 cm (3 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 15 × 22 cm (5 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

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Brothel

1880 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 9.8 × 15 cm (3 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 16.5 × 22 cm (6 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.)

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Invitation from the newspaper "Le Monde Parisien"

1880 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Plate: 10 × 16.5 cm (3 15/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 12.7 × 19.7 cm (5 × 7 13/16 in.)

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Frontispiece from Croquis Parisiens

1880 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 14.7 × 9.8 cm (5 13/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 22 cm (12 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

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Frontispiece for Marthe

1879 · Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 13 × 10.3 cm (5 1/8 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 18.5 × 12.5 cm (7 5/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

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Rejected Frontispiece for Marthe

1879 · Etching and aquatint in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.5 × 9.5 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.); Plate: 14.8 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 24.7 cm (12 13/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

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A Bullier (To Bullier's)

1876 · etching on wove paper

plate: 16 × 12 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 41.6 × 32.6 cm (16 3/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

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A Bullier (To Bullier's)

1876 · color etching on wove paper

plate: 16 × 12 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 44.4 × 30.9 cm (17 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.)

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Le café de la Nouvelle Athènes (The Cafe of the New Athens)

1876 · etching on wove paper

plate: 15.8 × 12 cm (6 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 50.6 × 32.6 cm (19 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

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Danseuses dans leur loge (Dancers in Their Dressing Room)

1876 · etching on wove paper

plate: 16 × 11.7 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 48.6 × 32.6 cm (19 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

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Le bouquet (The Bouquet)

1876 · etching on wove paper

plate: 12 × 16 cm (4 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.) sheet: 32.5 × 50.1 cm (12 13/16 × 19 3/4 in.)

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The Departure of the star

1876 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 17.5 × 11.8 cm (6 15/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 31 × 21.7 cm (12 1/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

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The Two Dandies

1876 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 15.8 × 11.1 cm (6 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 30.9 × 21.4 cm (12 3/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

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In the Wings

1875 · watercolor and black crayon on wove paper, mounted on board

sheet: 30.48 × 20.96 cm (12 × 8 1/4 in.)

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Déclaration d'amour (Declaration of Love)

1875 · drypoint on wove paper

plate: 26.1 × 20.8 cm (10 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 31.1 × 25 cm (12 1/4 × 9 13/16 in.)

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L'ambulante au parapluie (Walker with an Umbrella)

1875 · etching on laid Van Gelder paper

image: 12.7 × 8.5 cm (5 × 3 3/8 in.) plate: 16 × 12.1 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet (irreg.): 32.5 × 25.8 cm (12 13/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

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The Orchestra

1875 · Soft pastel on paper

45.7 × 36.8 cm (18 × 14 1/2 in.)

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A Private Dining Room (recto); Head of a Man Wearing a Top Hat (verso)

1872 · Black lithographic crayon (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper

41 × 52.7 cm (16 3/16 × 20 3/4 in.)

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Reclining Nude

1872 · Black chalk, with traces of red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper

46.2 × 31.3 cm (18 1/4 × 12 3/8 in.)

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Christ Before a Mob

1872 · Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown and gray wash, over graphite, on pale greenish-gray laid paper

28.4 × 37 cm (11 3/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

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Three Men

1872 · Pen and brush and black ink on paper

28.4 × 41.2 cm (11 3/16 × 16 1/4 in.)

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Barrister at Court (recto); Courtroom Scene (verso)

1872 · Black Conté crayon, with red chalk and stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black chalk with stumping and red chalk (verso), on cream wove paper (discolored to tan)

37.5 × 47.1 cm (14 13/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

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The Suicide

1872 · Red chalk on tan wove paper

32.7 × 25.7 cm (12 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

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Sketch of Man and Woman at a Party (recto); Sheet of Sketches: Group of Two Men and a Woman (verso)

1872 · Black Conté crayon, with touches of graphite (recto), and Black Conté crayon (verso), on cream laid paper

55.1 × 41.5 cm (21 3/4 × 16 3/8 in.)

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Backstage Conversation (recto); Sketch of a Woman Before a Mirror (verso)

1872 · Black lithographic crayon (recto), and black crayon (verso), on ivory wove paper

45.3 × 28.8 cm (17 7/8 × 11 3/8 in.)

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Four Small Sketches of Ladies in Hats

1872 · Chalk on paper

Ul sheet: 15.2 × 9.4 cm (6 × 3 3/4 in.); Uc sheet: 15.1 × 9.3 cm (6 × 3 11/16 in.); Ur sheet: 15.2 × 94.4 cm (6 × 37 3/16 in.); Lc sheet: 9.3 × 15.1 cm (3 11/16 × 6 in.)

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Four Sketches of Jews

1872 · Brush and grayish-black ink, on ivory laid paper

33.3 × 50.9 cm (13 1/8 × 20 1/16 in.)

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Man, Woman and Child

1872 · Lithographic crayon on off-white wove paper

55 × 44.2 cm (21 11/16 × 17 7/16 in.)

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A Private Dining Room

1872 · Black lithographic crayon, on tan wove transfer paper

24.1 × 31.7 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)

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The Entrusted Letter

1872 · Pen and black ink, on ivory wove paper

36.8 × 52.9 cm (14 1/2 × 20 7/8 in.)

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Dancer Speaking to a Subscriber (recto); Man Between Two Policemen (verso)

1872 · Brush and black ink (recto), and black crayon (verso), on cream laid paper

44.2 × 27.7 cm (17 7/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

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Sketches of a Man and a Woman (recto); Head of a Man (verso)

1872 · Pen and black ink, with black crayon (recto), and red chalk (verso), on cream wove paper

52.1 × 38.2 cm (20 9/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

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In Church

1872 · Pen and brush and black ink, on cream wove paper

26.6 × 34.2 cm (10 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)

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At the Club

1872 · Pen and black ink, with blue crayon, on cream wove paper

45.4 × 35.1 cm (17 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

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Scene of an Interior

1872 · Black lithographic crayon on cream wove paper

38.7 × 50.8 cm (15 1/4 × 20 in.)

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Dancer and Man

1872 · Watercolor, over traces of charcoal, on cream wove paper

40.8 × 35.9 cm (16 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.)

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The Bookmaker

1872 · Black chalk with touches of red chalk, on ivory wove paper

17.1 × 20 cm (6 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.)

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Self-Portrait (recto); Man in a Cap (verso)

1872 · Black pastel (recto), and red chalk with touches of brown chalk (verso), on tan laid paper

30.8 × 23.2 cm (12 3/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

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Scene at a Hearing: The Accused (recto); Courtroom Gallery (verso)

1872 · Black crayon (recto and verso) on tan wove paper

24.1 × 34 cm (9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Old Man and Dancer

1872 · Watercolor, on tan wove paper, laid down on blue wove laminate board

31.5 × 21.8 cm (12 7/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

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Woman of the People (recto); Sketches of Two Figures (verso)

1872 · Pen and purple ink, with touches of black crayon (recto), and black chalk (verso), on cream wove paper

25.6 × 32.6 cm (10 1/8 × 12 7/8 in.)

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Two Ladies in a Loge

1872 · Pen and black ink, on tan wove paper

31.7 × 22.7 cm (12 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.)

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La femme cochere

1872 · Crayon on paper

18.1 × 13 cm (7 3/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

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General Andre and Reinach

1872 · Brush and black ink, on tan tracing paper

30.3 × 40.2 cm (11 15/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

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Landscape with Skater

1872 · Black crayon on ivory wove paper

20 × 27.2 cm (7 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Artist and Dealer

1872 · Brush and black ink and gray wash, on ivory wove paper

40.1 × 26 cm (15 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

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En Soiree

1872 · Brush and gray wash and watercolor, over black crayon, on tan wove paper

34.5 × 25.2 cm (13 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Three Sketches: Woman with Hair Down, Woman with Hat, Woman Half-Dressed

1872 · Blue crayon, on cream wove paper

15.1 × 18.5 cm (6 × 7 5/16 in.)

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