Evidence in the Case (Le Pièce à Conviction)

Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions60.6 x 73.3 cm (23 7/8 x 28 7/8 in.)

Credit LineTompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund

Accession number25.154

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InscriptionsUpper right: forainProvenanceWith the dealer Thomas McLean, 11-13 Grange St., Haymarket, London (succeeded by Paul B. Crementi). With an anonymous dealer (possibly McLean), London (dealer out of business by 1940); by 1925, from anonymous dealer, London, to Howard Young Galleries, 634 Fifth Ave., New York, and London; 1925, sold by Young Galleries to the MFA for $4250. (Accession Date: April 2, 1925)