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Café Scene, Forain, 1880
A café at night, etched in a few minutes.
What
Jean-Louis Forain's etching Café Scene, 1880 to 1886; Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 2014.292.
Why
Forain worked beside Degas and drew the same cafés with a satirist's eye.
Notice
A woman in a large hat sits at the centre, flanked by two men, one in a top hat with a sharp profile.
“The café as a stage where everyone performs.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
The Lost — mark extinguished- Artist
- Jean-Louis Forain
- Country
- France
- Format
- Other
- Piece published
- Cafe Scene, 1880
- Source
- Cleveland Museum of Art · 2014.292
Scan: The Cleveland Museum of Art; CC0 Open Access.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Dated 1880–86 by the museum; maker Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931); the Cleveland Open Access record reads CC0. Served from the house's own store, cropped.
This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.
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The Lost — mark extinguishedAlcazar d'Été, Kanjarowa, Chéret, 1891
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The Lost — mark extinguishedAlcazar d'Été, Lidia, Chéret, 1895
Jules Chéret · 1895
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