L'Etang de la Bièvre (The Beaver Pond)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The artwork depicts a marshy landscape with horizon slightly above center, featuring silhouettes of buildings and smokestacks. The brushstrokes are fine and precise, resembling etchings. The color palette is primarily sepia, with variations indicating light and shade. Reeds and aquatic plants in the foreground are drawn with clear lines, hinting at a pond or marsh. In the distance, there are indistinct shapes of grazing horses and buildings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with plate tone on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Bell and Pearl K. Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.7 x 6.9 cm (3 1/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.2 x 13.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.68.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 43, State i/iii

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 Goodfriend, 1979.

2004

  • Arsene Bonafous-Murat. Felix Buhot, 1847-1898: Estampes, dessins, autographe. Sales cat. Paris, 2004, no. 53.

Inscriptions

lower right below plate in graphite: 1er Etat / Felix Buhot; lower left in graphite: Cat. 43 / L'etang de la Bievre; lower right in graphite: 6788; lower center stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977)

Wikidata ID

Q76339423

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