Le Port aux Mouettes (Port with Seagulls)

1886

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image depicts a marine scene with a bustling harbor seen from a slightly elevated point. The view shows the water, ships, and horizon with a combination of fine etching and soft strokes providing detail and atmosphere. The water reflects the vessels in the foreground, while those in the distance appear as silhouettes. The artwork primarily uses shades of grey and black, creating a subdued mood. Additional sketches of ships and sails in a similar style are included on the sides of the main scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint, and sandpaper ground in black on beige laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.1 x 36 cm (9 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.6 x 44.2 cm (12 1/16 x 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1255

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 162, State ii/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 42, as Port with Seagulls.

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 left in plate: LE PORT AUX MOUETTES; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Buhot, le port aux mouettes (2me Etat).; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B 162; by later hands; lower right verso in graphite: yc / LD

Wikidata ID

Q64955941

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