Les Voisins de Campagne (Country Neighbors)

1879/1880

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a street scene with two figures walking in the rain, one holding an umbrella over themselves and a child. A small dog walks beside them. In the background is a house with trees lining the path leading to it, beyond a wrought-iron fence. The scene is rendered in a monochromatic palette of sepia and charcoal, with detailed, cross-hatched brushstrokes creating a textured and dynamic atmosphere. The composition is framed by decorative elements on the border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, and drypoint in black on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.2 x 17.6 cm (5 3/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.5 x 30.7 cm (8 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.6.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 148, State v/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Elisabeth Achelis, New York (Lugt 824b); gift to NGA, 1942.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

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: FB (in monogram); lower left in plate: Felix Buhot inv. sc. (scratched out) - Felix Buhot inv Sc -; lower center in plate: Les Voisins de Campagnie Souvenir de BAISE Normandie; lower right in plate: Epreuve d'ARTISTE; lower right in central image in plate: Novembre 18..; lower left in plate: DE / [MOI?]

Wikidata ID

Q64955898

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