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The Ailing Mother
The Ailing Mother

The Ailing Mother

Albert Besnard (French, 1849–1934)
1889
Medium/TechniqueEtching and drypoint, with extensive graphite pencil additions on light green paper
DimensionsPlatemark: 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.)
Credit LineGift of Malcolm Rogers
Accession number2001.929
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ClassificationsPrints
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]: ...08ProvenanceUnidentified antique shop, Boston; purchased there by Malcolm Rogers, Boston, MA, about 1995; his gift to MFA, December, 2001.
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