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Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931)
Lot 177 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION 

Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931)

Le vieux monsieur

Closed22 June 2011

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Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931)
Le vieux monsieur
signed 'Ls Forain' (lower left)
gouache, watercolour, brush and ink and pencil on paper
17 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (43.5 x 30.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1876

Chapelier Collection, Versailles.
Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, London.
(probably) acquired from the above by the mother of the present owner circa 1956, and thence by descent.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue of the works by Jean-Louis Forain being prepared by Madame Janine Chagnaud-Forain and Madame Florence Valdès-Forain.