Euvrard & Fabre
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FORAIN Jean-Louis (1852–1931) Album 1917–1918. First edition…
See original version (French)
74
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FORAIN Jean-Louis (1852–1931) Album 1917–1918. First edition…
See original version (French)
Estimate €50 - €100
Voluntary lot
Description
FORAIN Jean-Louis (1852–1931)
Album 1917–1918. First edition of the series of lithographs depicting Forain’s war-themed works
lithograph on Japanese paper:
> Greeks and French (25/300)
> After Wilson’s message (87/300)
> You’re going to turn us into Germans… (10/300)
> The ambassador’s departure (87/300)
> A raid over an English ‘stronghold’ (10/300)
> The session was held in secret (16/300)
> The gallows (October 1917) (71/300)
> We’ll tell Mum that seawater’s full of money. (248/300)
> If anything happens to me… You’ll write to Mum to say I’ve gone to confession. (248/300)
> Our hand, loyally outstretched, found only emptiness… (Michaelis Chancelier) (July 1917) (freckles) (262/300)
> Arise, O Dead! (June 1917) (freckles) (233/300)
> Enough of this chatter, Russians! You’d better get back to work (May 1917) (233/300)
> With grenades (August 1917) (233/300)
> The Basileus ousted (June 1917) (262/300)
> They’re not exactly keen on you in the ‘Party’ (August 1917) (152/300)
> The Basileus complies (142/300)
> Goodnight! The neutrals… (142/300)
> And then someone appears… (5 April 1917) (282/300)
> The session was held in secret (2014) (259/300)
> The gallows (October 1917) (245/300)
> The German retreat (245/300)
> Quite simply, ‘We’ve just taken down General Lyautey!’ (15 March 1917) (258/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (282/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (flecks) (87/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (119/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (142/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (154/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (233/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (245/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (248/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (258/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (286/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (262/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (267/300)
> The German Retreat (March 1917) (269/300)
All signed on the plate, countersigned and numbered out of 300 by hand in pencil
Dimensions approx.: 23 x 39 cm.
Sheet size: 38 x 56 cm
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale
PAINTINGS - FURNITURE - WORKS OF ART - AFRICAN ART - RUGS
Auction location
Auction time
07/03/2026 at 1:30 PM
Ref. : 3291 - 37
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