Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012227Inscriptions
signed, lower right, in graphite: forain ; by artist, lower center, in brown watercolor: __ il y a du blé dans la mer! .... ; lower left, in graphite: Guerre Sous-Marine (1) ; lower center, in graphite: "On va dire à Maman que c'est plein de blé, l'eau de mer." ; VERSO, lower center, in graphite: 14
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)
- Date
- fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s
- Medium
- brush and black ink and watercolor over black crayon
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 37 x 53.1 cm (14 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
- Accession no.
- 1956.731
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Open-access museum record · AT-00012227
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