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Jean Louis Forain
French, 1852–1931
The Fortune Teller
1862–1931
Image Caption
Jean Louis Forain, The Fortune Teller, 1862–1931, brush and black ink, black crayon, and gray wash on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1757
Medium
brush and black ink, black crayon, and gray wash on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 17 5/16 x 10 11/16 in. (44 x 27.1 cm)
Object Number
1955.1757
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-One: Forain. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1963. Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964. Framingham (MA): Danforth Museum.. Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931), Works from New England Collections.. Oct. 14-Nov. 31, 1979.
Provenance
Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, February 27, 1919, no. 51 {illustrated}; Robert Sterling Clark.