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Jean-Louis Forain, Evening at the Opera (fan), ca. 1879. Gouache, some pencil or chalk on parch ...
Evening at the Opera
Jean-Louis Forain, Evening at the Opera (fan), ca. 1879. Gouache, some pencil or chalk on parch ...
Jean-Louis Forain, Evening at the Opera (fan), ca. 1879. Gouache, some pencil or chalk on parchment. Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Museum purchase with funds provided by Brenda and Lester Crane, Hyde Family Foundations, Irene and Joe Orgill and the Rose Family Foundation, 1993.7.48

Evening at the Opera

Artist (b. October 23, 1852, Reims, France - d. July 11, 1931, Paris, France)
Dateca. 1879
MediumGouache, pencil or chalk on parchment
DimensionsUnframed: 10 7/8 × 23 1/4 in. (27.6 × 59.1 cm) Framed: 23 3/8 × 34 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (59.4 × 88.6 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsWORK ON PAPER
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Museum purchase with funds provided by Brenda and Lester Crain, Hyde Family Foundations, Irene and Joe Orgill and the Rose Family Foundation
Terms
    Object number1993.7.48
    DescriptionBallerinas and men in top hats stand in conversation at the left of the composition. At the right, elegantly dressed men and women watch from their balcony seats.
    Status
    Not on view
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