Scène de cour d'assises (Scene at the Court of Assizes)
Maker
(artist)
1852-1931
1852-1931
Title
Scène de cour d'assises (Scene at the Court of Assizes)
Date of Production
(circa) 1909
Medium
charcoal with stumping, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper, the pictorial area now discoloured (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 38 cm
Width: 51.6 cm
Width: 51.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1932.SC.120
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
A barrister is standing, right, and pleading for a female prisoner, who is seen guarded by a warder in the dock in the background. In the foreground a barrister is seated at a table, his head resting on his left arm as though he were asleep.
Provenance
purchased from the artist by Arthur Tooth & Sons, London; purchased there by Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947), February 1925; Courtauld Gift 1932
Exhibition History
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
Forain, Roland Browse and Delbanco, London, 1964 ...More
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948
long-term loan, City Art Gallery, Wakefield, 1946-1947
Fighting French, London, 1943 (May)
A Loan exhibition of English and French paintings & drawings, Village Hall, Silver End, Essex, 30/03/1935-27/04/1935
Drawings by Forain, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1925 (Feb.) ...Less
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
Forain, Roland Browse and Delbanco, London, 1964 ...More
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948
long-term loan, City Art Gallery, Wakefield, 1946-1947
Fighting French, London, 1943 (May)
A Loan exhibition of English and French paintings & drawings, Village Hall, Silver End, Essex, 30/03/1935-27/04/1935
Drawings by Forain, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1925 (Feb.) ...Less
Literature
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
cat. no. 68
ill. p. 128
John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 78
ill. p. 199
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 120
ill. pl. 70 ...More
Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
no. 71, p. 46 ...Less
cat. no. 68
ill. p. 128
John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 78
ill. p. 199
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 120
ill. pl. 70 ...More
Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
no. 71, p. 46 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, blindstamped: "CHAPRON-COQUELIN-PARIS".
Inscription: Recto: lower right, charcoal, signed: “forain”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “3095 / T” [Arthur Tooth inventory?]; lower left corner, graphite, circled: “No 70”; lower left, graphite, artist's hand?: “Scène de cour d’assises”; lower right corner, graphite: “5500-“.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, charcoal, signed: “forain”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “3095 / T” [Arthur Tooth inventory?]; lower left corner, graphite, circled: “No 70”; lower left, graphite, artist's hand?: “Scène de cour d’assises”; lower right corner, graphite: “5500-“.
Collector's mark: none.
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