Artwork
Femme à sa toilette avec sa femme de chambre (2e planche en largeur) (Woman at Her Toilette with Her Maid) (second horizontal plate)
Femme à sa toilette avec sa femme de chambre (2e planche en largeur) (Woman at Her Toilette with Her Maid) (second horizontal plate) is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Jean-Louis Forain. It dates from 1895 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:"forain" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Femme a sa toilette avec sa femme de chambre" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE2506" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "57 / PP / 19 / [erased inscription]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "La friction aprés le bain / [illeg.] no 4 (avec durante no 2) / Et. en Sanguine" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "1883" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
- Markings
- Marked:"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
About this work
Overview
Jean-Louis Forain's 'Femme à sa toilette avec sa femme de chambre' is a lithograph created around 1895. The print is executed in red on wove Arches vellum paper.
Subject & Meaning
The lithograph depicts an intimate scene of a woman at her dressing table, attended by a maid. The woman is brushing her hair, while the maid stands behind, holding a fan, in a simply furnished room with a window and a chair.
Technique & Style
The print is characterized by loose, quick lines, achieved through lithography, a technique that allows for expressive drawings. The use of red crayon on light paper gives the work a warm, sketchy feel, typical of late 19th-century artistic practices.
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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.
Woman Seated
Le petit déjeuner (planche en largeur) (Breakfast) (horizontal plate)
Kneeling in an Armchair
The Draped Figure, Seated
Lourdes, la paralytique (2e planche) (Lourdes, the Paralytic) (second plate)
The Draped Figure Seated
Lamenting Woman (Sarah H. Crone)
Greeting Grandmother (Le Bonjour à la Grand-mère)
Le repos du modèle (1ère planche) (The Model's Rest) (first plate)- Après l'apparition (2e planche) (After the Vision) (second plate)