Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931)

Femme à sa toilette

Details

Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931)
Femme à sa toilette
signed 'Forain' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25½ x 21¼ in. (64.8 x 54 cm.)
Painted circa 1884

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris.
M. Leclanché, Paris.
Nunés et Fiquet, Paris.

Literature

L. Gillet, 'Forain - Son exposition aux Arts Décoratifs', Revue Hebdomadaire, 23 Jan. 1913, (illustrated p. 494).
G. Geoffroy, 'Forain', L'Art et les Artistes, Paris, no. 21, Nov. 1921 (illustrated p. 56).
L. Browse, Forain, The Painter, 1852-1931, London, 1978, no. IV, (illustrated in colour p. 88).

Exhibited

Paris, 8ème Exposition, 1886, no. 26.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratif, Forain, 1913, no. 43.
London, Rowland, Browse and Delbanco Gallery, Forain, 1964, no. 2 (as Jeune Fille à sa Toilette).

Lot Essay

At Degas's invitation, Forain participated in 1879 in the fourth Impressionist exhibition; he continued to show his work in the Impressionist exhibitions of 1880, 1881, 1883, and 1886. Degas was his closest friend and greatest influence, and Forain adopted both Degas's style and such typical subject matter as backstage scenes at the Opera, or intimate interior scenes.

Florence Valdès-Forain has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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