Le Peintre de Marine (The Marine Painter)
c. 1879
Artist, French, 1847 - 1898
Félix-Hilaire Buhot
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint, sandpaper ground, and spit bite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 13.1 x 20.9 cm (5 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 20.9 x 29.8 cm (8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.199.10
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 146, State iii/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Helena Gunnarsson, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2005
The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 39.
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. 146, ii/ii
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: a J. Henry Harper. Esquire. lower center in graphite verso: APG 8104
Markings
Felix Buhot's studio stamp (Lugt 977)