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Albert Besnard

The Dancer of Tanjore (La bayadère de Tanjore), 1914

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Medium

etching in brown-red with plate tone on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.8 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

sheet: 44.4 x 29.3 cm (17 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1991.28.5

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: ABesnard; lower right in graphite: Premier etat. Tiree a dix; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 174 1er/4

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.

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