Ex Libris with a Butterfly and Dragonfly
1877
Artist, French, 1847 - 1898
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, spirit ground, and aquatint in purple ink on Japanese paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 11.1 × 13.8 cm (4 3/8 × 5 7/16 in.)
sheet: 25.4 × 33.6 cm (10 × 13 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2017.199.29
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 20
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Buhot family sale, see Marks for further information (Lugt 4245)). Helena Gunnarsson, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1899
Bourcard, Gustave. Felix Buhot: catalogue descriptif de son oeuvre grave. Paris: H. Floury, 1899. Reprint. With additions and revisions by James Goodfriend. New York: Martin Goodfriend, 1979, no. 20.
Markings
Felix Buhot's studio stamp (Lugt 978), Buhot family stamp for sales in 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990 (Lugt 4245).