Frontispiece for "Les Salles d'Estampes"

1887

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This is a drawing depicting an entrance to an exhibition or gallery space. The scene is framed by an architectural archway, with signage above the entrance reading "Les Salles D'Estampes" meaning "The Print Rooms." Below, there are words "En Province" and a reference to a publication "Publiées dans le Journal des Arts 1884–85" visible. 

The composition is in a monochromatic, sepia tone. Two figures stand in the foreground under the archway. Inside the building, a larger space with high ceilings and arches is visible through a doorway, suggesting classical architecture. Various details such as framed artworks and architectural elements like columns are depicted, contributing to a cultured setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, drypoint, and stipple in brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift from the Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.4 × 15 cm (8 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.4 × 21.4 cm (13 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.199.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 171


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Helena Gunnarsson, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2017.

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. 171.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: indecipherable; lower right in graphite verso: 020099 [numbers are in a box]

Watermarks

crown (over something unidentified)


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