Jean Louis Forain
French, 1852–1931
The Fortune Teller
1862–1931
| 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 |
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
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-One: Forain. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1963.
Framingham (MA): Danforth Museum.. Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931), Works from New England Collections.. Oct. 14-Nov. 31, 1979.
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.
Provenance
Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, February 27, 1919, no. 51 {illustrated}; Robert Sterling Clark.
