Les Petites Chaumieres

1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a pastoral scene from a slightly elevated viewpoint. The horizon is about one-third from the top, where the sky meets the distant field or water body, with a fence on the left. The brushstrokes are rough, giving a textured appearance. A group of geese is in the foreground on dark ground. Thatched-roof cottages are in the middle with smoke rising from a chimney. The color palette is monochrome in various shades of black and gray, creating a vintage and serene atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint and roulette

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Penn Lupovich in memory of Rita Natanson Lupovich

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.1 x 13.9 cm (4 x 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 16.4 x 20.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.86.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 149, State iv/iv [proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Penn Lupovich, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2009.

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. 149 iv/iv [proof]

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: epreuve d'artist / Felix Buhot; lower left in plate: Felix Buhot

Markings

Buhot's stamp (Lugt 977)

Wikidata ID

Q76552397

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