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William A. Clark

1899

Albert Besnard

Painter, French, 1849 - 1934

Medium

oil on canvas
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)
Dimensions

overall: 97.79 × 80.01 cm (38 1/2 × 31 1/2 in.)
framed: 125.73 × 106.68 × 10.48 cm (49 1/2 × 42 × 4 1/8 in.)
Accession

2015.19.18

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest April 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1925

Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part II. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 202.

Inscriptions

upper left: A. Besnard, Juin, 1899

Wikidata ID

Q46632186

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