L'Orage (The Storm)

1879

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a pastoral landscape with a low horizon, small hills, buildings, dramatic clouds, rocky terrain, and a monochromatic color palette. A cart led by oxen is in the foreground, and there are faint human figures on the left side of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and roulette with isolated areas of etching and possibly salt lift in black on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.1 x 22.7 cm (5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.6 x 36.9 cm (10 7/8 x 14 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1256

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 145, State iv/vii

Artwork history & notes

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.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Felix Buhot drypoint / Felix Buhot drypoint; lower center in plate: Hindley Heath - Kensington Museum / Hindley Heath; lower right in plate: from L.Z. Gerstolle / from Constable; lower center stamped in red: FB (Lugt 978); lower left margin in plate, enclosed within rectangle: Epreuve d'artiste (in reverse) / Félix Buhot sc / drypoint / FBAQ

Wikidata ID

Q64955943

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