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Jean Louis Forain
French, 1852–1931
Rejected frontispiece for Marthe, novel by J. K. Huysmans
1879

Image Caption

Jean Louis Forain, Rejected frontispiece for Marthe, novel by J. K. Huysmans, 1879, etching and aquatint on laid paper. Clark Art Institute, 1986.15
Medium
etching and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 5 13/16 x 3 13/16 in. (14.8 x 9.7 cm) plate: 5 13/16 x 3 13/16 in. (14.8 x 9.7 cm) sheet: 7 9/16 x 4 5/8 in. (19.2 x 11.8 cm)
Object Number
1986.15
Acquisition
Acquired by the Clark, 1986
Status
Off View

Select Bibliography

Marcel Guérin. J. L. Forain, aquafortiste: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé.... Paris: H. Floury. 1912. Faxon, Alicia Craig. Jean-Louis Forain: a catalogue raisonné of the prints. 1982. New York: Garland.