Dying Woman (La Mourante)
1885
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and roulette on wove paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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