Girl Sitting on Edge of Bed
Girl Sitting on Edge of Bed

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Girl Sitting on Edge of Bed

Jean Louis Forain, French, 1852–1931
x1948-334

Information

Title
Girl Sitting on Edge of Bed
Maker
Jean Louis Forain
Medium
Pen and black ink, blue and black crayon, and white watercolor
Dimensions
31.7 x 23.5 cm (12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-334
Signatures
Signed in ink, lower right: Forain
Inscription
In graphite, lower left: Vous aurez peut-etre aime mieux ma mere! In graphite, on verso center left: Princeton Ex 1928 | purchased from Godefroy In graphite, on verso center: 39
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
crayons, ink, watercolors, wove paper
Subject
girls, interior, sitting, beds (furniture)

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