Le Suicide

Artist Albert Besnard (French, 1849 - 1934)

Titles

From "La Femme"

Date1886

MediumEtching

DimensionsSheet: 19 3/8 × 32 in. (49.2 × 81.3 cm) Platemark: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (31.8 × 24.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jerry and Mary Kay Gardner

CultureFrench

InscribedEdition of 100

PortfolioLa Femme

Catalogue raisonnéDelteil 57, iii/III

Object numberPC2014.17.04

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionA shadowed female form crouches over the side of a bridge, her hands raking through her hair, poised to take her life. A horse and carriage in the background drive away across the bridge; lights twinkle in the cityscape beyond.

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