Actress at footlights
Actress at footlights

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Actress at footlights

Jean Louis Forain, French, 1852–1931
x1948-332

Information

Title
Actress at footlights
Maker
Jean Louis Forain
Medium

Pen and ink

Dimensions

30.2 x 19 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895

Object Number
x1948-332
Inscription

In graphite, on verso lower center: P 54 Forain Michel 1928
In graphite, on verso lower left: FRS FORAIN

Marks/Labels/Seals

Stamp in blue ink, on verso lower left: P [in diamond shape] [Lugt 2066b]
Stamp in black ink, on verso lower left: D.F.P. [in circle] [Lugt 750a]

Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
wove paper, ink
Subject
actors, footlights, stages, women

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