Sickness (La Maladie), 1884

Not on View

Medium

etching and aquatint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.3 x 15.9 cm (11 9/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

sheet: 30.2 x 16.2 cm (11 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 18, State i/iii

Accession Number

1996.136.1

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: ABesnard; across bottom in graphite: Tirée par moi Unique; rest by later hands, upper left verso in graphite: Maladie 1885; lower center verso in graphite: VIVLI / 18 / I/III / 10-18

Provenance

The artist (Lugt 67a); 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.