Feuilles d'Anes du Midi (Sheet of Donkeys from the South)

1873

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a group of donkeys and a person surrounded by them in a mountainous terrain with a distant town in the background. The style used is classic etching, featuring meticulous line work for forms and shading. The color scheme is monochromatic with black lines on a cream background. The donkeys are loaded with goods in the forefront, while the mountains gently fade into the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Bell and Pearl K. Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.5 x 17.7 cm (4 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.3 x 29.2 cm (8 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.68.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 40, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor Daniel Bell and Pearl Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 2006.

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 Gordon, 1979, no. 40, i/ii

2004

  • Arsene Bonafous-Murat. Felix Buhot, 1847-1898: Estampes, dessins, autographe. Sales cat. Paris, 2004, no. 43

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: les anes / du midi; lower l eft in plate: Luchon 1873; lower left below plate: P + S 117; lower center below palte: Les Anes du Midi b 40; lower right belowplate: 25/UH

Wikidata ID

Q76339402

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