A Walk in the Park

Artist Jean-Louis Forain (French, 1852 - 1931)

Dateca. 1876

MediumPen and ink

DimensionsSheet: 12 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (31.75 × 19.37 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number2024.30.17

SignedSigned and inscribed lower right in black ink: a mon ami douce / j. l. forain

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

DescriptionA pen and ink drawing on paper of a woman in a plaid coat with large buttons, wearing a bonnet, and holding an open umbrella behind her right shoulder, and a small girl in front of her, holding her hand, and looking up over her left shoulder toward the woman. At lower right it is inscribed by the artist: "a mon ami [ . . . ] / j. l. forain"Exhibition History

Exhibition History

[None known at this time.]

Provenance

Gift of anonymous donor to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.

Published References

[None known at this time.]

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