Les Voisins de Campagne (Country Neighbors)

1879/1880

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image depicts a pathway leading to a grand house. The viewpoint is slightly elevated. The horizon is subtly defined by the roofline of the house and the tree tops. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. The brushstrokes are detailed, especially around the figures and foliage. Two figures walk arm in arm with a dog under an umbrella. In the distance, a large house is surrounded by trees and a white fence.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, and drypoint in black on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.5 x 18.3 cm (5 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.7 x 20.7 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1244

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 148, State iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1943.

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.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Epreuve d'Etat avant les / images; lower left below image stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); lower left in plate: FB (in monogram); lower left in plate: Felix Buhot inv. sc. (scratched out) - Felix Buhot inv Sc -; lower center in plate: Les Voisins de Campagnie Souvenir de BAISE Normandie; lower right in plate: Epreuve d'ARTISTE; lower right in central image in plate: Novembre 18..; lower left in plate: DE / [MOI?]; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: eyx

Watermarks

Grapes with an upside-down crescent (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q64955919

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