Cochons au Soleil (Pigs in the Sun)

c. 1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Bell and Pearl K. Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.9 x 11.3 cm (3 7/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.7 x 22.5 cm (6 3/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.68.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 64, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor Daniel Bell and Pearl Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 2006.

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 Gordon, 1979, no. 64, iv/iv.

2004

  • Arsene Bonafous-Murat. Felix Buhot, 1847-1898: Estampes, dessins, autographe. Sales cat. Paris, 2004, no. 94.

Inscriptions

lower left corner, in graphite: B. 64 Cochons Soleil; bottom center in graphite: vi 70

Wikidata ID

Q76339475

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