The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 15, 2026

A vertically oriented print in black ink depicts a woman seated on a bench, cradling a child. She faces our right while four men stand behind her to the left; one wears long, dark robes with his back turned. Dense, frenzied hatching and heavy gestural lines fill the composition, creating high contrast and deep shadows. In the lower right corner, the print is inscribed with "20/40" and a handwritten signature.

Court Recess

c. early 1900s

Jean Louis Forain

(French, 1852–1931)
France, 19th-20th century
lithograph
Gift of Ralph King 1921.374
Catalogue raisonné: Not in Guerin ; Faxon 282
Location: Not on view
  • "In Memoriam Ralph Thrall King." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 13, no. 5.1 (May 1926): 95-98 Reproduced: p. 104 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Court Recess|url=false|author=Jean Louis Forain|year=c. early 1900s|access-date=15 April 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1921.374