Sadness (Tristesse), 1887

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Medium

etching on cream laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 15 x 9.8 cm (5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)

sheet: 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 61, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1993.71.3

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: AB; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Tristesse G. 61; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 13564

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1993.

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.