La Fête nationale au Boulevard Clichy (National Holiday on the Boulevard de Clichy)

1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image depicts a busy street in a late 19th-century setting. Various people, including men in top hats and women in long dresses, are walking or standing alongside the sidewalk. There are individuals pushing a cart, a small dog and cat, and street lamps visible. In the background, there are tall buildings with flags, indicating a festive atmosphere, potentially for a national holiday. The sky has expressive clouds. The surrounding sketches show additional scenes, including horses, figures, and decorative patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint, stop-out, foul-bite, and soft-ground etching in black ink (main subject) and in brownish-black ink (margin illustrations)on heavy wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.7 x 23.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 53.6 x 37.7 cm (21 1/8 x 14 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 127, State vii/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 15, 1971; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Félix Buhot, Peintre-Graveur: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings, The Baltimore Museum of Art, traveling exhibition to three venues, 1983-1984, no. 57a.

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 14.

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: Felix Buhot / 1er Jullet 1878 Boulevard Clichy; lower left, in plate, within margin: F.Buhot pinxt sc; lower center, in plate, within margin: Le fete Nationale du 30 Juin / au Boulevard Clichy); lower right, in plate, within margin: L'UNIVERS; lower center in margin stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977)

Wikidata ID

Q75422578

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