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Le Petite Enterrement (The Burial -- Small Plate)

1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a street scene from a slightly elevated point of view. A figure in dark clothing with an umbrella is walking on a wet surface. Behind them, a crowd of people with umbrellas is moving towards the distance. The background features urban structures under a sky with faint light. The artwork uses soft brushstrokes to depict movement in a monochrome color palette of various shades of gray.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching, drypoint, roulette, aquatint with scraping on tan wove paper
Credit Line

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

plate: 8.7 × 11.2 cm (3 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
sheet: 14.4 × 16.7 cm (5 11/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Accession Number

2017.199.17
Catalogue Raisonné

Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 154, ii/ii

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. 154, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 1103

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