The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto)

late 1800s

attributed to Jean Louis Forain

(French, 1852–1931)
France, 19th century
Charcoal with black ink framing lines
Sheet: 32.4 x 24.9 cm (12 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2018.45.a
Location: Not on view

Description

This image captures the bustling activity of urban Paris in the late 19th century. A fashionable woman climbs into a fiacre—a four-wheel carriage—from the street curb. Her driver, seated at front, watches as she enters. The artist’s loose, sketchy rendering of the charcoal further emphasizes the sensation of busy city life evoked in this drawing.
  • Jacques Fischer-Chantal Kiener Galerie, Paris, France
    October 1978
    Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980]
    Bequest of Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008]
    June 4, 2018
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto)|url=false|author=Jean Louis Forain|year=late 1800s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.45.a