Jules Destrée, 1917

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Medium

etching and drypoint on Fabriano wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 30.7 x 24.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

sheet: 48.6 x 33.1 cm (19 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 178, State i/vi

Accession Number

1993.71.10

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right below plate mark in graphite: 1 Etat; lower center below plate mark in graphite: tiré à 10; lower center below plate mark in graphite: 4; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 178

Marks and Labels

(Albert Besnard stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 3440).

Provenance

Vente Albert Besnard (stamped on verso, Lugt undescribed); 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.