The Suicide (Le Suicide), c. 1886

Not on View

series Title

La Femme [Del. 47-58]

Medium

etching, drypoint, and printed tone on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 32 x 24.8 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

sheet: 51 x 32.7 cm (20 1/16 x 12 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 57, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1991.28.4

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Inscription

lower right in graphite: ABesnard; lower left in graphite: Tiree a 100; by later hand, lower center in graphite: -BUS-; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 52-1

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

Exhibition History

2009: The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

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.

1989: Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989.