| Artist | Albert Besnard, French, Paris 1849–Paris 1934 |
| Title, Date | Street Scene in Vences-Cagnes, 1879 |
| Medium | Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal with traces of gum glazing on pale blue paper |
| Dimensions | 11 5/16 × 15 1/2 in. (28.7 × 39.4 cm) |
| Inscriptions + Marks | Lower right in ink: Vences-Cagnes / Besnard / 1879. |
| Provenance | [Galerie Fischer-Kiener, Paris, until 1992; to Weisberg]; Yvonne and Gabriel Weisberg, Minneapolis |
| Exhibition History | "The Quieter Image: 19th Century European Drawings and Watercolors," Carleton Art Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 1996, no. 20; "Expanding the Boundaries: Selected Drawings from the Yvonne and Gabriel P. Weisberg Collection," Mia (2008) and Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, Ind. (2010) |
| References | Lisa Dickinson Michaux with Gabriel P. Weisberg, "Expanding the Boundaries: Selected Drawings from the Yvonne and Gabriel P. Weisberg Collection" (exh. cat.), Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, 2008), pp. 75–76, fig. 45 |
| Credit Line | Promised gift of Gabriel P. and Yvonne M.L. Weisberg, Minneapolis |