Nude Girl Combing Her Hair

1887

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

This print shows a depiction of a woman's upper body from her head down to just above her knees. She is standing with both arms raised and bent at the elbows and her hands placed on her head, seemingly adjusting her long, dark hair, which flows down past her shoulders. She has pale skin, and her facial features are drawn in with simple lines. She is nude, although her hair covers much of her chest and torso. The background is filled with a textured, cross-hatched pattern. The background of the print is beige paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with roulette on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18 x 12.5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.8 x 24.2 cm (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.118.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 68

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2003.

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

by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Albert Besnard. Jeune fille nue se coiffant. etching 1887. D-68. P. Proute. 72/100

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q75428235

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