Les Petites Chaumières (Thatched Cottages--Small Plate)

1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a rural landscape with a path and a group of geese on the left side. In the middle of the scene, there is a traditional house with chimneys emitting smoke. The etching technique is used, featuring fine lines and shading. The color palette is monochrome, using sepia and gray tones. In the background, there are darker silhouettes of buildings and vegetation under a sky with swirling clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint and drypoint on parchment

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.5 x 13.2 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.3 x 28.2 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.6.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 149

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.

1983

  • Fisher/Baxter 1983, cf.56.

Wikidata ID

Q64955896

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