Paul-Albert Besnard
Les Morphinomanes (The Morphine Addicts) or Le Plumet (The Feather)

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Les Morphinomanes (The Morphine Addicts) or Le Plumet (The Feather)
Date1887
MediumEtching and drypoint on wove paper, state I/I
DimensionsPlate: 9 5/16 × 14 9/16 in. (23.7 × 37 cm)
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 16 5/8 in. (32.3 × 42.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Dumas Family Fund
Object number2020.218
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[William P. Carl Fine Prints, as of June 2020]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition History"After Dark: Night at the Turn of the Century," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston,Jan. 8, 2022-Jan. 29, 2023 [Third Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right: Groy B. / G1287
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, bottom right edge: A. Besnard [cursive]
Catalogue raisonnéCoppier 62; Delteil 65, Godefroy 65, only known state; edition unknown.

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uncropped recto of sheet
Paul-Albert Besnard
c. 1886
Etching
84.14
A Warrior in Full Armor in a Grotto
Salvator Rosa
c. 1656–1657
Etching on laid paper with drypoint, state I/I
70.43.8
A warrior holding a staff over his shoulder and stepping off a low ledge
Salvator Rosa
c. 1656–1657
Etching with drypoint on laid paper, state I/I
70.43.2
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Louise Bourgeois
1992
Drypoint on wove paper, state I/I, edition 9/44
96.6.9
Untitled [6]
Louise Bourgeois
1992
Drypoint on wove paper, state I/I, edition 9/44
96.6.6
Untitled [5]
Louise Bourgeois
1992
Drypoint on wove paper, state I/I, edition 9/44
96.6.5
Untitled [2]
Louise Bourgeois
1992
Drypoint on wove paper, state I/I, edition 9/44
96.6.2
Untitled [1]
Louise Bourgeois
1992
Drypoint on wove paper, state I/I, edition 9/44
96.6.1
Untitled [11]
Louise Bourgeois
1989–1990
Drypoint on wove paper, state I/I, edition 33/44
96.4.7
Untitled [3]
Louise Bourgeois
1989–1990
Drypoint on wove paper, state I/I, edition 33/44
96.4.6
Untitled [12]
Louise Bourgeois
1989–1990
Drypoint on wove paper, state I/I, edition 33/44
96.4.5