The End (La Fin de Tout)
1883
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with chalk additions in red on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 24.1 x 20.8 cm (9 1/2 x 8 3/16 in.)
sheet: 28.4 x 23 cm (11 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.28.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 14, State ii/v
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1990.
Associated Names
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
lower right in graphite: ABesnard; lower left verso stamped: AB (Lugt 67a); lower left in graphite: Tirage . l'artiste epreuve l'essai. retouche la sanguine; by later hand, lL //in graphite: G 14. i/v; by later hand, lC //in graphite: T; by later hand, lR //in graphite: 11b ; by later hand, aTv//in graphite: La fin de tout 1883
Markings
[AB] (Albert Besnard's stamp) verso, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 67a).
Watermarks
[fleur de lis]
Wikidata ID
Q74888017