The Dancer of Tanjore (La bayadère de Tanjore)
1914
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, and printed tone on wove 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
image: 28.3 × 21.9 cm (11 1/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
plate: 30 × 23.9 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 34 × 25 cm (13 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.28.8
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 174, State iii-iv/iv
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: Tire a de[ux?] / le tirage definitif; lower right in graphite: (undeciphered) / ABesnard
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q74888072