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In the Wings, 1899. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 60.5 × 73.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- In the Wings
- Artist
- Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 60.5 × 73.8 cm (23 3/16 × 29 1/16 in.); Framed: 82.6 × 95.6 × 11.5 cm (32 1/2 × 37 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1852–1931
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.


