Greeting Grandmother (Le Bonjour à la Grand-mère)

c. 1926

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, false-biting, and softground etching on Arches laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.6 x 31.6 cm (9 11/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.9 x 41 cm (12 15/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1996.136.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, undescribed, State iv/?

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: ABesnard.; rest by later hands, lower left in graphite: 4e Et; lower right verso in graphite: c. 1879; lower left verso in graphite: La presentation du bebe à la grand mère; lower center verso in graphite: TXX

Markings

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

Watermarks

"Arches"

Wikidata ID

Q75403692

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