1909
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Fille-mère (1ère planche) (Unwed Mother) (first plate) is a 1909 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows four people in a rough, sketchy style. A woman stands at the top, holding a child who reaches toward a man below. Three men kneel or sit near a bed, looking down at a woman lying there. The lines are loose and quick, like hurried notes. The woman on the bed looks exhausted, her head resting on her hand. The scene feels tense and personal, like a quiet moment full of unspoken feelings. This is an etching, so the artist used acid to carve lines into metal. Try looking up *etching* next.
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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