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Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image displays a scene with a warm sepia tone. The perspective is intimate and slightly elevated, capturing two figures near a building. In the foreground, a person in a long coat and a wide-brimmed hat stands facing a seated figure outside a rustic stone building. The horizon is not distinctly visible. The background features trees and the building facade, depicted with fine etching-like detail. The color palette consists of rich shades of burnt sienna or umber. The trees blend into the textured sky in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in red on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Bell and Pearl K. Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.2 x 11.5 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 x 21 cm (12 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.68.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 87, State iv/v

  • Series Title

    L'Ensorcée

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. 87, iv/v.

2004

  • Arsene Bonafous-Murat. Felix Buhot, 1847 - 1898. Estampes, dessins, autographe. Sales cat. Paris, 2004, no. 132

Wikidata ID

Q76339501

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