a) Le Poilu et Prisonnier (Poilu and Prisoner) (recto); b) Study of Prisoner (verso) — Jean-Louis Forain

Jean-Louis Forain

a) Le Poilu et Prisonnier (Poilu and Prisoner) (recto); b) Study of Prisoner (verso)

c. 1914/1919

Dating
Approximate date range
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
a) watercolor and black crayon on wove paper b) black crayon on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 37.9 x 51.3 cm (14 15/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Collection no.
1943.3.4136.a-b
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Jean-Louis Forain. a) Le Poilu et Prisonnier (Poilu and Prisoner) (recto); b) Study of Prisoner (verso). Jean-Louis Forain; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Rosenwald Collection. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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a) Le Poilu et Prisonnier (Poilu and Prisoner) (recto); b) Study of Prisoner (verso) — Jean-Louis Forain. c. 1914/1919.

Medium: a) watercolor and black crayon on wove paper b) black crayon on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 37.9 x 51.3 cm (14 15/16 x 20 3/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.4136.a-b. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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