Ex-Libris pour "L'Ensorcelée" (Bookplate for "L'Ensorcelée")

c. 1883/1885

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image displays flowing and curved lines, forming an arch at the top center. In the artwork, intricate details mimic objects such as a winged figure or angel, two statuesque forms resembling human figures, and a swan-like bird gliding across a water surface. Wispy lines in the background and foreground create depth, with elements that could resemble foliage blending into the corners of the piece.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.6 x 15.1 cm (8 1/2 x 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1245

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 116, State ii/iii (counterproof)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (in pen, CB, Lugt undescribed); 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

across bottom below plate mark in graphite: Contre épreuve à l'essence du Per Etat Felix Buhot; lower right in plate (in reverse) Premier; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Ex-libris pour "L'Ensorcelée; by later hand, lower center in graphite: E2236; by later hand, lower right in brown pencil: Contre epreuve; by later hand, upper right in graphite: B. 116

Watermarks

Crown (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q64955921

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