Croquis de'Enfants (Sketches of Children)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image is an etching depicting three figures - an adult and two children. The adult is seated and facing left, wearing a coat and a cap. The children are sitting in front of the adult, facing forward with heads slightly lowered. The figures are minimally detailed with flowing lines suggesting their hair and clothing. In the background are loosely drawn structures resembling buildings near a body of water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Bell and Pearl K. Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.6 x 14.9 cm (4 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 x 25 cm (7 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.68.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 63, State i/iv

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. 63, i/iv.

2004

  • Arsene Bonafous-Murat. Felix Buhot, 1847 - 1898. Estampes, dessins, autographe. Sales cat. Paris, 2004, no. 92.

Inscriptions

upper right in graphite: B. 63; lower left in graphite: 63

Wikidata ID

Q76339471

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