Le Petit Enterrement (The Burial - Small Plate)

1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This is a drawing of a rainy street scene with numerous umbrellas. The drawing shows a silhouette-filled street with figures holding umbrellas as rain falls. The background depicts a crowd moving towards a light source. The foreground figures are larger and more pronounced, with intricate cross-hatching enhancing the texture and movement. The composition uses strong contrasts between light and dark, capturing the essence of a rainy night.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1249

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 154

Artwork history & notes

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.

1983

  • Fisher/Baxter 1983, cf.59.

Wikidata ID

Q64955933

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