Matinée d'Hiver sur les Quais

1883

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image depicts an urban scene with buildings stretching across the horizon. Smoke billows from chimneys against a sepia-toned sky. The textured etching style emphasizes a gritty atmosphere. Figures are seen on the wet street, with carriages and streetlamps adding to the city setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, roulette, aquatint, and sand paper ground onlaid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25 x 34.8 cm (9 13/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.6 x 41.1 cm (11 5/8 x 16 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.415

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 158, State vii/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 11, 1973; 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. 23, as Winter Morning on the Quays.

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

Q75422696

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