JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN
French, 1852–1931
Portrait d’une Jeune Elégante au Chapeau
Signed JL forain
Pastel on paper
21½ x 17 inches (54.6 x 43.2 cm)
Famed: 32½ x 28 inches (82.5 x 71.2 cm)
Executed circa 1885, this work will be included in the forthcoming Forain catalogue raisonné being prepared by Florence Valdès-Forain.
Provenance
Private Collection, Sweden
Kunsthandel Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam
Anthony d'Offay, London, 1966
Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 11, 1969, lot 6
Fritz Perls, Berlin and Chicago (acquired at the above sale)
Frances Lasker and Sidney F. Brody, Los Angeles
By descent to Susan Lasker Brody, 2009-2022
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Gebr. Douwes, Vijf Eeuwen Schilderijen, Aquarellen en Tekeningen, 1966, no. 83
Literature
A. Bury, "In The Galleries," The Connoisseur, vol. 162, no. 656, October 1966, p. 106, illustrated
$65,000