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Rejected frontispiece for Marthe, novel by J. K. Huysmans

Jean Louis Forain

French, 1852–1931

Rejected frontispiece for Marthe, novel by J. K. Huysmans

1879

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

Image Caption

Jean Louis Forain, Rejected frontispiece for Marthe, novel by J. K. Huysmans, 1879, etching and aquatint on laid paper. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 1986.15

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.

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