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Albert Besnard

The Cup of Tea (La tasse de thé), 1883

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Medium

etching with aquatint on Van Gelder laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 17.8 x 25.1 cm (7 x 9 7/8 in.)

sheet: 25.4 x 32.8 cm (10 x 12 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 15, State iv/vi

Accession Number

2006.150.1

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

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Inscription

upper center of plate: AB Londres 1883; lower left in graphite:tiré a 7; lower right in graphite: Besnard / 15

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

(Andre Candillier, Paris); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Candillier, André, M.

Bibliography

1906: Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

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