"There is Wheat in the Sea!"

1916

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black chalk, pen and black ink, and water color on paper.
Dimensions: 14.5 x 21 in. (36.8 x 53.3 cm)
Collection no.: 59.23.36
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

"There is Wheat in the Sea!" — Jean-Louis Forain. 1916.

Medium: Black chalk, pen and black ink, and water color on paper.. Dimensions: 14.5 x 21 in. (36.8 x 53.3 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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