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After the Ball, the Reveler
Jean-Louis Forain1882
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Memphis, United States
Details
- Title: After the Ball, the Reveler
- Creator: Jean-Louis Forain
- Creator Lifespan: 1852 - 1931
- Creator Nationality: French
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Paris, France
- Creator Birth Place: Reims, France
- Date: 1882
- Physical Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches
- Description: A close reference to Honoré Daumier’s Rue Transnonain from 1834, After the Ball, the Reveler is Jean-Louis Forain’s contemporary image of debauchery. After a night of drunken revelry, a dandy lies collapsed in drunken sleep. Forain, ever the naturalistic artist, spares no detail in his expression of moral decay.
- Provenance: Museum purchase with funds provided by Brenda and Lester Crain, Hyde Family Foundations, Irene and Joe Orgill and the Rose Family Foundation
- Type: Pastels
- Rights: Dixon Gallery and Gardens. For Terms and Conditions for use of this image please contact the Registrar at 901-761-5250.
- Medium: Pastel on paper
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