Eve, 1896

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Medium

etching in yellow on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 18.1 x 13 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

sheet: 47.8 x 29.9 cm (18 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 108, State only (artist's proof)

Accession Number

1994.4.4

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

right center below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; left center below plate mark in graphite: Tirage d'artiste; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 98

Marks and Labels

"AB" (Albert Besnard's stamp) recto, black stamped ink (Lugt 67a.).

Provenance

artist's stamp (Lugt 67a); Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1994.

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.