Model Asleep on the Floor (Le modèle endormi à terre)

1885

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, roulette, and drypoint in black on laid 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: 22.6 x 31.4 cm (8 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.91.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 23, 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

lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; upper right in plate: AB

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q75406592


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