Le Béguin (The Crush)
1921
Artist, British, 1890 - 1978
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 13.81 × 10.95 cm (5 7/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
sheet: 29.37 × 23.02 cm (11 9/16 × 9 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.1110
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Catalogue Raisonné
Fletcher 1984, no. 33, iv/iv
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1934
Wright, Harold J. L. "Catalogue of the Etchings of G. L. Brockhurst, A.R.A., R.E." Print Collector's Quarterly 22, no. 1 (January 1935): no. 33, iv/iv.
1984
Fletcher, William Dolan. Complex Simplicity: Gerald Lesley Brockhurst and His Graphic Work. New Haven, Connecticut: Sign of the Arrow, 1984, p. 41, no. 33, iv/iv.
Inscriptions
upper left in graphite: Brockhurst. [reversed]; lower right in graphite: G. L. Brockhurst; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: Le béguin; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: S.12167
Markings
stamped center right verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]
Watermarks
Made / F J Head [partial]
Wikidata ID
Q77013246