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1877

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image depicts a street scene with a dynamic etching style. The composition includes a high horizon line with a distant statue at the center, rain and reflections as key visual elements, and a monochrome color palette of black and white. In the foreground, a group of people walk on a wet surface, with a horse-drawn carriage moving behind them. Moving towards the background, a group of people are gathered in an area with trees on either side, suggesting an urban setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.6 x 32 cm (9 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 33.1 cm (9 15/16 x 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.414

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 125, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Peter Deitsch Fine Arts, Inc., New York); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased May 9, 1969; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 24, as The Return of the Artists.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q75422557

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