Le Hibou (The Owl)
1883
Artist, French, 1847 - 1898
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint, and saltground, with burnishing and roulette in black and brown ink on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 45.4 × 32.4 cm (17 7/8 × 12 3/4 in.)
sheet: 63 × 44.8 cm (24 13/16 × 17 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2017.199.4
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 161, v/v
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
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. 161, v/v.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: [indecipherable]; upper right in graphite verso: 161 B [indecipherable] 5em Etat; lower right in graphite verso: APG 7228