Woman Reading in the Studio (La Lecture dans l'atelier), 1887

Not on View

Medium

etching on Van Gelder laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 10.2 x 15.1 cm (4 x 5 15/16 in.)

sheet: 13.4 x 17.1 cm (5 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 62, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1996.136.6

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right plate: ABesnard; lower right in graphite: ABesnard; lower left in graphite: Tiré à 75; by later hand, lower center in graphite: I55; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: G. 62. ii/ii

Marks and Labels

None.

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.