a) -Un farman?  -non, c'est un boche. (recto); b) Sketch of Figure (verso) — Jean-Louis Forain

Jean-Louis Forain

a) -Un farman? -non, c'est un boche. (recto); b) Sketch of Figure (verso)

c. 1914/1919

Dating
Approximate date range
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
a) black crayon and brush and black ink on laid paper b) black crayon on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 31.7 x 47.5 cm (12 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.)
Collection no.
1943.3.4126.a-b
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Jean-Louis Forain. a) -Un farman? -non, c'est un boche. (recto); b) Sketch of Figure (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

About this artwork

a) -Un farman? -non, c'est un boche. (recto); b) Sketch of Figure (verso) — Jean-Louis Forain. c. 1914/1919.

Medium: a) black crayon and brush and black ink on laid paper b) black crayon on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 31.7 x 47.5 cm (12 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.4126.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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