Morphine Addicts (Morphinomanes), 1887

Not on View

Medium

etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 23.7 × 36.9 cm (9 5/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

sheet: 32.5 × 43.4 cm (12 13/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 65, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.1480

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

"ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Le Plumet Morphinomanes" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(DD868)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.