Jean Louis Forain

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n.d.

Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
Title: Jean Louis Forain
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1890–1923
Medium: Black crayon, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 15.7 × 15.2 cm (6 3/16 × 6 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Frank B. Hubachek
Reference Number: 1964.249
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Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Nineteenth Century (Chicago, 1978-1979), no. 5F11.

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, “Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen,” May-June 1953, cat. 193.
Paris, Maison de la Pensée Française, “Steinlen: Retrospective,” December 1960-January 1961, cat. 143.
New York, Charles Slatkin Galleries, “Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, an Exhibition of Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors,” October 18-November 16, 1963, cat. 42.

Mme. Pierre Roger Desormière (née Renée Germaine Steinlen, called Colette; died 1969), Paris, by May 1953-at least November 1961 [Paris 1953; Paris 1961]. Sold by Charles Slatkin Galleries, New York, to the Art Institute, 1964.

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