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The Ailing Mother
Albert Besnard (French, 1849–1934)
1889
Medium/Technique
Etching and drypoint, with extensive graphite pencil additions on light green paper
Dimensions
Platemark: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 27.7 x 38.5 cm (10 7/8 x 15 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.7 x 38.5 cm (10 7/8 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Malcolm Rogers
Accession Number2001.929
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 90 ii/vi
Signed
Recto lower right in graphite: ABesnard
InscriptionsRecto upper left in pen and brown ink: 107
Recto lower left in graphite pencil: 2eme Etat [the 2 possibly written over a 3]
Recto lower right in graphite pencil: 125
Recto lower right in graphite pencil [partially erased]: ... 2 / ...4
Recto lower center in graphite pencil: OSKep.329
Verso lower left in graphite pencil: B.12340
Verso lower right in graphite pencil: FHO
Verso lower right in graphite pencil [partially erased]: HN-
Verso upper right in pen and brown ink [partially obscured by hinge]: ...08
Recto lower left in graphite pencil: 2eme Etat [the 2 possibly written over a 3]
Recto lower right in graphite pencil: 125
Recto lower right in graphite pencil [partially erased]: ... 2 / ...4
Recto lower center in graphite pencil: OSKep.329
Verso lower left in graphite pencil: B.12340
Verso lower right in graphite pencil: FHO
Verso lower right in graphite pencil [partially erased]: HN-
Verso upper right in pen and brown ink [partially obscured by hinge]: ...08
ProvenanceUnidentified antique shop, Boston; purchased there by Malcolm Rogers, Boston, MA, about 1995; his gift to MFA, December, 2001.
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