Nude Girl Combing Her Hair

1887

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Albert Besnard

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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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