At the Masquerade

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

Dateca. 1885

MediumPen and ink

DimensionsSheet: 13 1/8 × 10 inches (33.34 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number2024.30.18

SignedLR in black ink: "j.l.f."

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

DescriptionA pen and ink drawing of a woman and man. The woman, who wears a black scarf wrapped around her head and neck and a mask over her eyes, stands facing the viewer but looks over her left shoulder at the man in a top hat, who looks back at her. The drawing is signed at lower right: j. l. f.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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