Jules Destrée, 1917

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 30.3 x 24.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

sheet: 35.3 x 28.8 cm (13 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 178, State vi/vi (unique proof)

Accession Number

1993.71.14

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Rome 1917; lower left in graphite: Tirer de varié avant l'effacer / du trait de la joue / epreuve unique / ABesnard / 6e Et; lower right in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower right in graphite: G 178

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.