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Maker(s):Forain, Jean Louis
Culture:French (1852-1931)
Title:Un gourmand; Glutton
Date Made:1899
Type:Drawing
Materials:Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe; France
Measurements:sheet: 14 1/8 in x 17 9/16 in; 35.8775 cm x 44.60875 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. r. (in graphite): forain / 1899; lwr. r. (in graphite): s/papier filigrane "Forain, 1899" 7800- [?]; bottom of mat (in graphite): 35 (encircled) Black #522.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.489
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This drawing shows just the head and shoulders of a man with his mouth open and a napkin around his neck; waiter standing behind him; suggestion of another man at the table (partial face of nose, mouth, and chin visible).

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