Art, literature & historyRejected Frontispiece for Marthe
1879
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 14.5 × 9.5 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.); Plate: 14.8 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 24.7 cm (12 13/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1948.352
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Rejected Frontispiece for Marthe — Jean-Louis Forain. 1879.
Medium: Etching and aquatint in black on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 14.5 × 9.5 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.); Plate: 14.8 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 24.7 cm (12 13/16 × 9 3/4 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.