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JEAN LOUIS FORAIN (French 1852-1931)
Sentenced for Life
Oil on canvas
25.75in. x 32in.
Signed lower right

Exhibited: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Twenty Third Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, 1924
Art Club Exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Club of Chicago, illustrated on frontispiece of catalogue
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; Edwin Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas, Jean Louis Forain Artist, Realist, Humanist August 1982-September 1983, no. 10
Provenance: Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Joseph Winterbotham Collection, Art Institute of Chicago
Literature: A. Faxon, Jean Louis Forain, Artist, Realist, Humanist, Washington, DC, p.38, no. 10
The Joseph Winterbotham Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago
Museum Studies, Volume 20, no.2, 1994, p. 140-1
This work has been authenticated by Mrs. Valdes-Forain and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne




Condition Report*: unlined original canvas, old layer of varnish across surface, overall very good condition
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Auction Dates
November, 2005
17th-18th Thursday-Friday
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Sold on Nov 17, 2005 for: $31,070.00
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