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Albert Besnard

In the Ashes (Dans les Cendres), 1887

Description

Maker

  • Albert Besnard, 1849-1934, French

Title

In the Ashes (Dans les Cendres)

Year

1887

Medium

Etching, drypoint, and roulette on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • drypoint,
  • Roulette

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 42.7 x 31.4 cm (16 13/16 x 12 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped with the collector's mark of Eugène Daurand Forgues (1857-1933; Lugt 743a)

Identification

State

iii/iii

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

53.328

Projects & Publications

Publications

Altered States

Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
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Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Altered States

June 30 - December 3, 2017

Besnard used the intimacy of etching to explore larger social issues, as seen in this image of an impoverished young woman crouched before a diminishing fire. In the original print, seen at left, the figure was contrasted visually and thematically with the finely dressed woman looking upward into the night sky.

After printing several impressions, Besnard dramatically altered the composition by physically cutting off the top and left side of the copper plate, creating a realistic, rather than symbolic, image of poverty.

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