Titre / Ex-libris papillon et libellule

1883

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

Henri-Charles Guérard

Artist, French, 1846 - 1897

Edmond Sagot

Dedicatee, French, 1857 - 1917

The image features a rolled scroll with the text "JAPONISME" along with a bird, frog, and vase. The color palette includes sepia and black tones against a brown paper background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    outer chemise with etchings on heavy brown wove paper: a) etching on front of outer chemise (when folded) b) etching and aquatint on back of outer chemise (when folded)

  • Credit Line

    The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate (Titre): 26 × 17.9 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
    plate (Ex-libris papillon et libellule): 11.1 × 13.7 cm (4 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
    folded (outer chemise): 58 × 40.4 cm (22 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.90.1.1.a-b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard 1979, nos. 11 & 20

  • Series Title

    Japonisme

Associated Artworks

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Japonisme

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

1883

Titre / Ex-libris papillon et libellule

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, Henri-Charles Guérard

1883

Titre

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, Henri-Charles Guérard

1883


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

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, nos. 11 & 20

Inscriptions

on front in graphite in image [Titre] at lower right: No 6

Markings

none

Watermarks

none


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