The Feathered Turban (Le turban à aigrette), 1901

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 167, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1997.91.5

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

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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Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

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.