Self-Portrait, 1919

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 14.7 × 10.7 cm (5 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 26.1 × 18.3 cm (10 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 190, State ii/iv

Accession Number

1943.3.1487

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. "[illeg.] etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "172" lower left margin, graphite unknown hand. "66.190 Albert Besnard" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "14350 b" 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, 20 November 1936, lot 172); 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.