The Race Track

c. 1891

Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 83

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 80.5 x 114.9 cm (31 11/16 x 45 1/4 in.)
    framed: 97.8 x 134 x 6.9 cm (38 1/2 x 52 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.18

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris). (Georges Seligmann, Inc., New York); sold 25 March 1953 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Sport and the Horse, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1960, no. 62, repro.

Bibliography

1969

  • Wasell, Nancy Michelle. Jean Louis Forain, the Painter. M.A. Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969: 27, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: forain

Wikidata ID

Q20190271

You may be interested in

Loading Results