La Traversée (The Passage)

1879-1885

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image depicts intersecting lines and shapes in an abstract composition. A central scene shows figures with umbrellas ascending a staircase on a structure resembling a ship's deck. Smaller vignettes include a harp sketch, groups of people, and conversing figures. The top section features ship outlines resembling sails on the horizon. The artwork blends everyday activities and elements evoking familiar settings, such as a rainy day by the sea or a gathering place under shelter.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, roulette, and soft-ground etching in brown on japanese laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.5 x 24.4 cm (12 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 40.5 x 29.7 cm (15 15/16 x 11 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.351

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 143, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris), Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased July 3, 1976; 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. 56, as The Passage.

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

Q75422560

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