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Evanouissement à l'audience (Fainting at the Hearing)
Evanouissement à l'audience (Fainting at the Hearing) is an ink print by Jean-Louis Forain. It dates from 1910 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:"forain" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "1er etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "coll M. Guerin" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Forain "Evanouissement a l'audience" (HH451)" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "75.402" [underlined] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
- Markings
- Marked:(Marcel Louis Guérin collector's stamp) lower left margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1872b). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
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Overview
Evanouissement à l'audience (Fainting at the Hearing) is a 1910 print by French artist Jean-Louis Forain, created using etching and drypoint techniques on laid Van Gelder paper.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a dramatic scene in a courtroom, where a woman appears to be fainting, surrounded by two other figures. The loose, expressive lines convey a sense of tension and emotional intensity.
Technique & Style
Forain employed a range of line weights and hatching to capture the movement and feeling of the scene, characteristic of his printmaking style. The combination of etching and drypoint allowed for varied textures and tonal contrasts.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Jean-Louis Forain (French pronunciation:; 23 October 1852 – 11 July 1931) was a French Impressionist painter and printmaker, working in media including oils, watercolour, pastel, etching and lithograph.
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