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Albert Besnard

The Murder (Le Meurtre), 1885

Not on View

series Title

L'Affaire Clémenceau

Medium

etching and aquatint on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 16.9 x 11.3 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)

sheet: 27.5 x 21.7 cm (10 13/16 x 8 9/16 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. 37, State ii/ix

Accession Number

1992.59.12

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower right in graphite: 5 / 2/9; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: D. 37

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1992.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

Exhibition History

2009: The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

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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