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Home » Collection » Seated Nude with Her Arm Resting on Her Leg (Femme nue assise, le bras appuyé sur la jambe)
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Inscription

lower left below plate mark in graphite: 2e Etat; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower left in graphite: G.N.D; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Femme nue accoudie; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: c. 555

Provenance

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

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.