Femme couchée (Woman Lying Down)
Maker
(artist)
1852-1931
1852-1931
Title
Femme couchée (Woman Lying Down)
Date of Production
(circa) 1921
Medium
black chalk and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.2 cm
Width: 37.8 cm
Width: 37.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1935.SC.122
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
purchased from the artist by Arthur Tooth & Sons, London; purchased there by Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947), February 1925; Courtauld Gift 1935
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery, 1977-79
Forain, Roland Browse and Delbanco, London, 1964
Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960 ...More
Drawings by Forain, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1925 (Feb.) ...Less
Forain, Roland Browse and Delbanco, London, 1964
Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960 ...More
Drawings by Forain, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1925 (Feb.) ...Less
Literature
John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 90
illus. p. 214
Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Ports, 1977-79
cat. no. 12
illus. p. 22
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 122 on p. 137 ...More
no. 90
illus. p. 214
Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Ports, 1977-79
cat. no. 12
illus. p. 22
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 122 on p. 137 ...More
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto, lower centre edge and starting to repeat at lower left corner, blindstamped: "CHAPRON COQUELIN PARIS".
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, signed: “Forain”; lower left corner, graphite, former acc. no.: “34.35”. Verso: upper left corner, both graphite: “T 2500” and below that “3097 / T” [Arthur Tooth numbers?]; lower left corner, graphite, circled: “no 39”; lower right corner, graphite: “3500-”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, signed: “Forain”; lower left corner, graphite, former acc. no.: “34.35”. Verso: upper left corner, both graphite: “T 2500” and below that “3097 / T” [Arthur Tooth numbers?]; lower left corner, graphite, circled: “no 39”; lower right corner, graphite: “3500-”.
Collector's mark: none.
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