Les Adieux (The Parting)

1879/1880

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This is a drawing of a gothic scene. The central image shows an ornate room where a figure is cradling another figure. The room is dimly lit with shadows on the walls, and a large painting or tapestry is prominent. The top and sides of the drawing are bordered by fantastical elements like mythical creatures and abstract forms, such as figures intertwined with swirling designs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, roulette, and aquatint (spirit ground) in black on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.5 x 11.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 23.4 x 16.5 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.44

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 101, State iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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 center in margin in plate: Felix Buhot inv. sc; lower left in plate: Les Adieux (p 77) tome I; lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower left in graphite: P. V; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B/G 101 iii/v; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 70; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: APG 6931/10

Wikidata ID

Q75393968

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