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Print of seated woman with woman in background leaning against doorway

In the foreground of this print, a light-skinned woman sits in a hunched over position, leaning her crossed arms over on the tops of her knees. She wears a simple long-sleeved blouse with a long skirt and an apron. She is illuminated by a light source from below and to the right, perhaps a fire as suggested by the swirling pattern of its highlights. In the background, printed in much lighter strokes, a woman stands facing away from the viewer. She leans her right arm against a doorway.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.74
People
Albert Besnard, French (Paris, France 1849 - 1934 Paris)
Title
In the Ashes
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Dans les Cendres
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1887
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/340024

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, drypoint and roulette on cream laid paper
Technique
Etching and roulette
Dimensions
plate: 79.6 × 45 cm (31 5/16 × 17 11/16 in.)
sheet: 88.8 × 62.8 cm (34 15/16 × 24 3/4 in.)
frame: 104.1 × 66.7 × 2.5 cm (41 × 26 1/4 × 1 in.)
mat: 101.6 × 63.8 cm (40 × 25 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: within plate, lower right, graphite: 1ere épreuve nature et unique; margin, lower right, graphite: à l'Ami Baugnies / bon souvenir / 31 Déc / 1888
  • inscription: etched in print, lower left: à Rodin / Besnard / 1887
  • watermark: upper center: illegible [type of shied or heraldic design crowned by fleur-de-lis]
  • inscription: verso, lower edge, graphite: Beaugnies / 1ere tel que d' [illegible] cedre / naturel au 3 cent [?] / 89 x 63 [possibly matting instructions]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA, gift of his estate; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
Coppier 57; Delteil 67

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift from the Collection of Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell in honor of Marjorie B. Cohn
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.74
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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