Woman Reading in the Studio (La Lecture dans l'atelier), 1887

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 10.1 × 15.1 cm (4 × 5 15/16 in.)

sheet: 15.8 × 21.7 cm (6 1/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 62, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1943.3.1466

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

"ABesnard" upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "[illeg.] La lecture dans l'atelier" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "14337" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Louis E. Stern [1886-1962], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 November 1936, lot 34); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Stern, Louis E.

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.