Greeting Grandmother (Le Bonjour à la Grand-mère), c. 1926

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Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, undescribed, State iv/?

Accession Number

1996.136.12

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor

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.