Convoi Funèbre au Boulevard de Clichy (Funeral Procession on the Boulevard de Clichy)

1887

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The artwork features a bustling street scene at night. The composition shows various figures and a carriage moving along the street, which disappears into the distance lined with buildings. The sky includes a prominent moon, with a cloudy sky partially obscuring it. The artwork employs fine, expressive brushstrokes or etching lines, creating a sketch-like quality. The color palette consists of dark tones and sepia hues, giving a vintage and atmospheric effect. Some buildings show signage with the words "HOTEL MEUBLE" and "GARANCE CLECY."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching, drypoint, aquatint, roulette, and softground, over heliogravure, hand-touched in watercolor and gold on turpentine soaked japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30 x 39.7 cm (11 13/16 x 15 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.1 x 48.2 cm (13 13/16 x 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.219

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 159, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christmas gift of Ruth Kainen to Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., 1971; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, as Funeral Procession on the Boulevard de Clichy.

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 33, as Funeral Procession on the Boulevard de Clichy.

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

Q76339346

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