The End (La Fin de Tout), 1883

Not on View

Medium

etching with chalk additions in red on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.1 x 20.8 cm (9 1/2 x 8 3/16 in.)

sheet: 28.4 x 23 cm (11 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 14, State ii/v

Accession Number

1991.28.1

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: ABesnard; lower left verso stamped: AB (Lugt 67a); lower left in graphite: Tirage . l'artiste epreuve l'essai. retouche la sanguine; by later hand, lL //in graphite: G 14. i/v; by later hand, lC //in graphite: T; by later hand, lR //in graphite: 11b ; by later hand, aTv//in graphite: La fin de tout 1883

Marks and Labels

[AB] (Albert Besnard's stamp) verso, purple stamped ink, Lugt 67a.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

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.