The Flirt (Le flirt), c. 1886

Not on View

series Title

La Femme: plate VI

Medium

etching on Van Gelder laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 31.8 × 24.5 cm (12 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)

sheet: 47.6 × 32.4 cm (18 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 52, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1943.3.1473

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

"ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Tireé à 100" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Le Flirt état non décret" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE611 E002" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A1339" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.