id: 107185 accession number: 1925.1186 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1186 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:01.868000 "They Are Burning Everything - They must be about to Retreat", c. 1919. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Black crayon and black wash heightened with white gouache; sheet: 31.6 x 47.7 cm (12 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1925.1186 title: "They Are Burning Everything - They must be about to Retreat" title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1919 creation date earliest: 1914 creation date latest: 1924 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. copyright: --- culture: France, 20th century technique: black crayon and black wash heightened with white gouache department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 31.6 x 47.7 cm (12 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: cream(2) modern laid paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: forain ; across bottom, in graphite: Apres Douai ("Les troupes allemandes ont reçu l'ordre le plus formel d'épargner la [propreté?] [illegible]" [G?]olf.. "Sans doute, l'ordre métait pas encore arrivé." ; lower right, in graphite: A2362 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Images of War opening date: 1991-11-05T05:00:00 Images of War. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'CMA, Images of War (Nov. 5, 191-Jan. 12, 1992).', 'opening_date': '1992-01-12T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE [Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc.] (according to departmental card) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1186/1925.1186_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1186/1925.1186_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1186/1925.1186_full.tif