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

Not on View

Medium

etching, drypoint, and printed tone in brown on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.3 x 23.8 cm (11 9/16 x 9 3/8 in.)

sheet: 40.4 x 31.3 cm (15 7/8 x 12 5/16 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. 174, State ii/iv

Accession Number

1991.28.6

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: ABesnard / Deuxieme etat, Tiree a dix; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 174; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 162

Marks and Labels

None.

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.