The Dancer of Tanjore (La bayadère of Tanjore), 1914

Not on View

Medium

etching, drypoint, and printed tone on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 30.1 × 24.1 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

sheet: 41 × 31.3 cm (16 1/8 × 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 174, State iii/iv

Accession Number

1943.3.1483

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

"ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "La Bayadère de Tanjore" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "La Bayadère de Tanjore" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "3e Etat tirée à 10" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "170-" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "17107" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Provenance

Louis E. Stern [1886-1962], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 20 November 1936, lot 170); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Stern, Louis E.

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.