The Cup of Tea (La tasse de thé)

1883

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

The image is an etching of a person's upper body in profile view, seated and facing slightly to the right. The person's facial features are obscured by shadows, but their nose and mouth are visible. They are wearing dark clothing and a hat, and holding a small object in one hand. The background has a blurred, abstract pattern with vertical and diagonal lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint with monoprint inking on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.6 x 25.1 cm (6 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 19.1 x 26.5 cm (7 1/2 x 10 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.151.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 15, State ii/vi (proof before aquatint)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles M. Young, Portland, CT); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

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

upper center in plate: AB Londres; lower right in brown ink: Londres A Besnard; upper center verso in black chalk: AB Londres; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D15 1/11/6; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 12309

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q76335203

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