id:			134250
accession number:	1956.730
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.730
updated:		2025-02-09 02:14:14.678000

It Was Our House, fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Black crayon, gouache and watercolor; framing lines in black crayon; sheet: 40.7 x 56.7 cm (16 x 22 5/16 in.); image: 32.9 x 46.6 cm (12 15/16 x 18 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.730

title:				It Was Our House
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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:			The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
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culture:	France, late 19th-early 20th Century
technique:	black crayon, gouache and watercolor; 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: 40.7 x 56.7 cm (16 x 22 5/16 in.); Image: 32.9 x 46.6 cm (12 15/16 x 18 3/8 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) laid paper, discolored to light brown in image area
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in black crayon: forain
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'none in wp file or departmental file', 'opening_date': None}

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.730/1956.730_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.730/1956.730_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.730/1956.730_full.tif