La Falaise: Baie de Saint-Malo (The Cliff: Saint-Malo Bay)

1886/1890

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a landscape with a path leading to a body of water. Vegetation lines the path, and there are small human-made structures and boats in the distance. The sky is filled with detailed clouds, adding movement to the scene. The color scheme is brown and sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    heliogravure, etching, drypoint, roulette, and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.4 x 29.6 cm (8 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 x 42.8 cm (11 3/16 x 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1257

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 165, State v/vi

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 67, as The Cliff: Saint-Malo Bay.

2007

  • Impressionists by the Sea, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2007 - 2008, unnumbered catalogue.

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.84.

Wikidata ID

Q64955953

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