Albert Besnard

Sadness

Maker

Albert Besnard (French, 1849-1934), designer

Title

Sadness
Tristesse

Year

1887

Medium

Etching on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Etching on laid paper

Materials

etching

Supports

Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/image: 15.1 x 9.8 cm (5 15/16 x 3 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Initialed, on plate, ll: AB; inscribed, on plate, ul: Gazette des Beaux-Arts; on verso, in graphite, ll: 81019; at lr: Albert Besnard/ Delteil XXX, No. 6110

Identification

State

iii/iii

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

85.195.3

Type

Prints

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Tombstone

Albert Besnard (French, 1849-1934), designer

Sadness; Tristesse, 1887

Etching on laid paper

Plate/image: 15.1 x 9.8 cm (5 15/16 x 3 7/8 inches)

Anonymous gift 85.195.3

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