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La Maison Maudite (The House of the Damned)

c. 1883/1885

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

Medium

etching, drypoint, and roulette on wove paper
Credit Line

Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection, Gift in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

plate: 26.8 × 19.6 cm (10 9/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 36.8 × 23.2 cm (14 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)
Accession

2017.199.14
Catalogue Raisonné

Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 117, state i//ii

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Gunnarsson, Helena

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. 117, i/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: planche détruite; lower right in graphite: la Maison Maudité pour "Ensorcelée" COTX; lower left verso in graphite: APG 7440

Markings

Felix Buhot's studio stamp (Lugt 977)

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