The Feathered Turban (Le turban à aigrette)

1901

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • 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

  • 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

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q75406676


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