The Feathered Turban (Le turban à aigrette)
1901
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 19.5 × 17.6 cm (7 11/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
plate: 24 × 18.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
sheet: 41.8 × 31 cm (16 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.) -
Accession
1997.91.5
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 167, 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 left in plate: AB; lower left to lower center below image in graphite: Tirage d'artiste à 50; lower right below image in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Le Turban (ou l'aigrette); by later hand, lower right in graphite: C5[4] / 3rd st
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Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q75406676