Après la pluie (After the Rain)

1873 or 1874 (reworked 1877)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a street scene with precise, detailed linework. It is drawn at street level, looking down a long, narrow street towards a building with a tall spire in the distance. The left side has buildings and people walking with umbrellas, while the right side has more buildings with shadows. In the distance is the silhouette of a church or cathedral on the horizon. The color palette is monochromatic, with sepia or brown tones. The sky has dramatic clouds with swirling lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.7 x 15.9 cm (4 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 15.7 x 23.1 cm (6 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 27, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Goodfriend, New York; Helena Gunnarsson, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 82, as After the Rain.

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 4, as After the Rain (My Small Town).

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: fB / 1872 / Après la pluie; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: APG 9271; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: ox[?]

Markings

Felix Buhot's studio stamp (Lugt 978)

Wikidata ID

Q75393899

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