Intimacy (Intimité)

1889

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.9 × 23.7 cm (7 1/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.3 × 29.1 cm (8 3/4 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.1470

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 89, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

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.

Inscriptions

"ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Intimitè" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 74" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "5580" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64952364

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