Sorrow (Chagrin)

1919

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Albert Besnard

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on Van Gelder laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.9 x 10.7 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.2 x 13.2 cm (6 3/4 x 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.71.19

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 187, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Vente Albert Besnard (stamped on verso, Lugt undescribed); Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1993.

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

across bottom in graphite: etat nature 1er. épreuve ABesnard; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 187 chagrin 1e Et; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 20615

Markings

(Albert Besnard stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 3440).

Watermarks

"Van Gelder"

Wikidata ID

Q75124658


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