1909
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
La sortie de l'audience (1ère planche) (Coming Out of the Hearing) (first plate) is a 1909 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows five people in a room. Two adults stand on the left—one in a hat and coat, the other in a long robe. Three kids cluster in front, looking up. The adult on the right, also in a robe, leans on a table, gesturing with one hand. The loose, quick lines make it feel like a fast sketch. The artist used drypoint, a technique where metal is scratched into a plate to print lines. Check out Forain, Jean-Louis for more sketches like this.
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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