Scène d'audience (les deux avocats) (Scene of a Hearing (The Two Lawyers))

Scène d'audience (les deux avocats) (Scene of a Hearing (The Two Lawyers))

Jean-Louis Forain

1915

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

About this work

This sketch shows three people in a tense moment. One woman in a dark coat stands with her arms crossed, looking down. Another woman in a hat leans in close, holding a piece of paper. A man in a suit waves his hands, as if talking fast. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and emotion. The scene looks like a courtroom or meeting, but the faces are blurred. Next, look up lithography to see how this print was made.

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