Carmen Standing in the Nude (Carmen nue debout)

1886

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on Van Gelder laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.9 x 16.1 cm (11 3/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.7 x 19.9 cm (12 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.91.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 45, State iii/iii

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 in plate: AB 1886; lower left below plate mark in graphite: Tirée à 75; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 45

Markings

None.

Watermarks

"VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q75406598

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