Feuillets d'album (Donkey Sketch)

1872

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image is a detailed, monochrome illustration depicting a rustic countryside scene. The composition includes various elements such as a donkey with a basket, birds, a stone building, two donkeys walking towards a river, a sailboat, a winding road with figures, a person with a camel near a river, small boats, trees, and hills. The drawing style consists of fine brushstrokes and detailed line work, resembling an etching.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24 x 32 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
    plate: 22 x 27.2 cm (8 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.152.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 36, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

[Arsene Bonafous-Murat, Paris]; Helena Gunnarsson; gift to NGA 2005.

Associated Names

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, no. 36, only

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Tohub / Landemer 1872

Wikidata ID

Q76339358

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