Nude with Her Arms Raised (Le modèle nue les bras levés)

1925

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

The image shows a black and white portrait of a woman, seated with her arms raised above her head and one hand touching her hair. She has short, dark hair and a serene expression. The woman is partially draped in cloth, and the background is a dark, cross-hatched pattern. Handwritten text, including a signature and date, is at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27 x 19.8 cm (10 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 x 27.1 cm (13 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.91.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 198, State iv/iv

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.

Inscriptions

lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; lower left to lower center below plate mark in graphite: à M. Maurice Feuillot en témoignage de / grande Sympathie / ABesnard / Décembre 1927.; by later hand, lower center in graphite: 84; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Gaulois artistique / Réduire à 185 [?] de hauteur / sans filets autour dans le / [?] [?]; by later hands, lower right verso in graphite: 6224 / 150 / 6224

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Wikidata ID

Q75406679

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