Japonisme
1883
Félix-Hilaire Buhot
Artist, French, 1847 - 1898
Dedicatee, French, 1857 - 1917
Artwork overview
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Medium
portfolio of 10 etchings on Japanese paper encased in two printed chemises made of heavy brown wove paper; each chemise has an etching printed on the recto and verso, the outer in black ink, the inner in red ink
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (each roughly): 35.5 x 26 cm (14 x 10 1/4 inches)
inner chemise: 54 x 37.5 cm (21 1/8 x 14 5/16 inches)
outer chemise: 58 x 40.4 cm (22 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches)
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Accession Number
2023.90.1.1-12
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bourcard 1979, no. 11-20
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Edmond Sagot (1857-1917), Paris. Eric G. Carlson (1940-2016), New York; (Ars Libri, Boston); purchased 2023 by NGA.
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, nos. 11-20
Inscriptions
in graphite, on front of inner chemise, in image, at lower right: En no. 6; in graphite, on front of inner chemise, below image at right: à Monsieur Edmond Sagot / en souvenir des bons soins [?] qu’il a bien voulu / [indecipherable] à cette édition/ Félix Buhot gr
Markings
on front of inner chemise: Félix-Hilaire Buhot (Lugt 977)