La grande tentation (The Great Temptation)

c. 1936

Victor Delhez

Artist, Argentinean, born Belgium, 1902 - 1985

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Artwork overview

Medium

wood engraving in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)
Dimensions

image: 39.37 × 32.7 cm (15 1/2 × 12 7/8 in.)
sheet: 50.01 × 38.26 cm (19 11/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Accession

2015.19.1156

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: epreuve d'artiste; lower center in graphite: La grande tentation; lower right in graphite: Victor Delhez

Markings

stamped lower left verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77011521