Baptismal commemoration for Jean Buhot (Baptême japonais)

1887

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, drypoint, and liftground in black and brown (proof) on parchment

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.2 × 12.7 cm (8 3/8 × 5 in.)
    sheet: 31 × 21.9 cm (12 3/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.199.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 167, State ii-iii/iii (artist's proof)

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. & J. Goodfriend, New York); purchased in 1998 by Helena Gunnarsson, Washington; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 137.

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: 167, ii-iii/iii (artist's proof).

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 137.

Inscriptions

lower center to lower right below plate mark in graphite: epreuve d'artiste / Felix Buhot lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 978); by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: APG 15617; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: No. 14

Markings

Felix Buhot's studio stamp (Lugt 978)

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