Après la pluie (After the Rain)

1873 or 1874 (reworked 1877)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

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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

    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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