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Finally Alone!

Jean-Louis Forain

Finally Alone!

c. 1895

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Finally Alone!

Jean-Louis Forain

Finally Alone!

Jean-Louis Forain

Finally Alone!

c. 1895

Physical Qualities Brush and black ink over graphite on paper, Sheet: 259 x 298 mm. (25.9 x 29.8 cm.) Image: 259 x 298 mm. (25.9 x 29.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Daniel and Pearl K. Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Object Number 1999.429
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1999; Daniel Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by purchase from Paul Prouté, 1983; Paul Prouté, Paris.
Paul Prouté, Catalogue No. 80 (Spring 1983), no. 123, p. 125.

Inscribed: Recto: BRC of image, (black ink), 'Forain'; BLE, (graphite), 'enfin seuls!'; BCE, (graphite), '[illegible]'

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
UNTITLED
Jean-Louis Forain
Untitled
c. 1900
A CITIZEN WHO IS FED UP WITH MILITARY PARAPHERNALIA. - JUST TO THINK THAT WE FINALLY GOT RID OF LOUIS-PHILIPPE AND YET WE CANNOT GET RID OF THIS LEATHER JUNK!
Honoré Daumier
A citizen who is fed up with military paraphernalia. - Just to think that we finally got rid of Louis-Philippe and yet we cannot get rid of this leather junk!
1848
WITNESSES IN THE AUDIENCE
Jean-Louis Forain
Witnesses in the Audience
c. 1880
A VANITY SUITABLY GRATIFIED. - AH! FINALLY!.... THE "MONITEUR" HAS PRINTED MY "VERY GOOD", NAMING ME IN FULL. WONDERFUL... AT LEAST MY ELECTORATE WILL NO LONGER SAY THAT I NEVER SPEAK UP IN PARLIAMENT
Honoré Daumier
A vanity suitably gratified. - Ah! Finally!.... the "Moniteur" has printed my "very good", naming me in full. Wonderful... at least my electorate will no longer say that I never speak up in Parliament
1844
THE BOUQUET
Jean-Louis Forain
The Bouquet
c. 1880
FINALLY! HERE COMES THE TRAIN....
Honoré Daumier
Finally! Here comes the train....
1866
Two Waiters
Jean-Louis Forain
Two Waiters
c. 1876
FOR 20 YEARS I WAS TRYING TO CROSS A RENNET APPLE WITH A ROSEY APPLE..... THIS YEAR I AM FINALLY SUCCESSFUL. IT HAS COST ME 3'787 FRANCS IN ALL FOR THIS GREEN APPLE.... BUT IT'LL BE WORTH IT, SINCE I'LL BE MENTIONED IN THE CENTRAL SOCIETY OF APPLE CULTURE.
Honoré Daumier
For 20 years I was trying to cross a Rennet apple with a Rosey apple..... this year I am finally successful. It has cost me 3'787 Francs in all for this green apple.... but it'll be worth it, since I'll be mentioned in the Central Society of Apple Culture.
1846
LES DEUX GOMMEUX
Jean-Louis Forain
Les Deux Gommeux
n.d.
THE GRENELLE WELLS. THE DIRECTOR MR. MULOT AND HIS SON FINALLY REACHING THE END OF THEIR WORK, CROSSING THEIR ARMS AND PUTTING THEIR HANDS INTO THEIR POCKETS AND CONGRATULATING THEMSELVES THAT POSTERITY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REPROACH THEM OF NOT HAVING PRODUCED CLEAN WATER.
Honoré Daumier
The Grenelle Wells. The director Mr. Mulot and his son finally reaching the end of their work, crossing their arms and putting their hands into their pockets and congratulating themselves that posterity will not be able to reproach them of not having produced clean water.
1842
A Bullier
Jean-Louis Forain
A Bullier
n.d.
MIMI VÉRON BELIEVES TO FINALLY HAVING FOUND A GENUINE WAY OF PULVERIZING HIS ENEMY.
Honoré Daumier
Mimi Véron believes to finally having found a genuine way of pulverizing his enemy.
1850