id:			107005
accession number:	1925.1002
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1002
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:00.934000

The Suicide, fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Watercolor and gouache over black crayon; framing lines in black crayon; sheet: 37.3 x 45.4 cm (14 11/16 x 17 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1925.1002

title:				The Suicide
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creation date:			fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s
creation date earliest:		1852
creation date latest:		1931
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creditline:			Gift of Ralph King
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culture:	France, late 19th-early 20th Century
technique:	watercolor and gouache over black crayon; framing lines in black crayon
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 37.3 x 45.4 cm (14 11/16 x 17 7/8 in.)
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	description:	cream(2) wove laid
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in graphite: forain ; across bottom, in graphite: Les deux Ecoles: A Fresnes-les-Rungis.     "Elles étaient à lacets.". ; lower right, in graphite: A2169
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Brush Drawings
	opening date:   1981-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Brush Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 3-May 10, 1981).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Brush Drawings (Mar. 3-May 10, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-03-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, Museum of Modern Art; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Hagerstown, Md., Washington County Museum of Fine Arts; St. Paul Gallery and School of Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Milwaukee Art Institute; Worcester (Mass.) Art Museum; Louisville, Ky., J. B. Speed Memorial Museum, Exhibition of Modern Drawings (Feb. 15-Apr. 16; June 20-July 18; Aug. 1-29; Oct. 1-29; Nov. 12-Dec.; 10, 1944; Jan. 3-31; Feb. 14-Mar. 14; Mar. 29-Apr. 25; May 9-June 7, 1945), p. 91.', 'opening_date': '1931-01-03T00:00:00'}

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