Portrait of a Woman
Medium
crayon lithograph in black on light brown laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 62 x 46 cm (24 7/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of George and Olga Kenney
Accession Number
1993.72.10
Art Historical Context
Albert Belleroche's *Portrait of a Woman* (1908) captures the elegance of early 20th-century portraiture through the intimate medium of crayon lithography. Born in 1864 to Anglo-French parents, Beller was a master printmaker whose soft, evocative style drew comparisons to James McNeill Whistler. Working in black crayon on light brown laid paper, this62 x 46 cm sheet exemplifies his ability to achieve painterly depth and subtle tonalities, blending drawing-like spontaneity with the precision of lithography—a process where greasy crayon is applied directly to a stone or plate, then printed to pr...