Dying Woman (La Mourante)

1885

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and roulette on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.9 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.6 x 38.1 cm (12 1/16 x 15 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.91.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 22, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1997.

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.

1920

  • Coppier, André-Charles. Les Eaux-Fortes de Besnard. Paris: Librairie Berger-Levrault, 1920.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: AB; lower center below plate mark in graphite: Tirée à 75; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower left below plate mark in graphite: No 21; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 10; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: No 24; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 22-1; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 34

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q75406589


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