Japonisme

1883

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    portfolio of 10 etchings on Japan paper encased in two printed chemises made of heavy brown wove paper; each chemise has an etching printed on the recto and verso, the outer in black ink, the inner in red ink

  • Credit Line

    The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (each roughly): 35.5 x 26 cm (14 x 10 1/4 inches)
    inner chemise: 54 x 37.5 cm (21 1/8 x 14 5/16 inches)
    outer chemise: 58 x 40.4 cm (22 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches)

  • Accession

    2023.90.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Edmond Sagot (1857-1917), Paris. Eric G. Carlson (1940-2016), New York; (Ars Libri, Boston); purchased 2023 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite, on front of inner chemise, in image, at lower right: En no. 6; in graphite, on front of inner chemise, below image at right: à Monsieur Edmond Sagot / en souvenir des bons soins [?] qu’il a bien voulu / [indecipherable] à cette édition/ Félix Buhot gr

Markings

on front of inner chemise: Félix-Hilaire Buhot (Lugt 977)

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