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Albert Besnard

Nude Holding Her Leg (Femme nue se tenant la jambe), 1886

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Medium

etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 28.6 x 16 cm (11 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)

sheet: 32 x 19.5 cm (12 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 46, State only

Accession Number

1997.91.6

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: AB; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: ISS; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 46

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

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.

1920: Coppier, André-Charles. Les Eaux-Fortes de Besnard. Paris: Librairie Berger-Levrault, 1920.

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