Une Variété dans l'Amour (A Change of Heart)

1879/1880

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows two individuals in an ornately decorated room. In the center, a man is leaning against a decorative chair. He is wearing a dark suit with a light-colored shirt, and has a mustache and short hair. Beside him, a woman is reclining on a luxurious couch or chaise lounge. She is positioned against the armrest, wearing an elegant dress with styled hair. The room features large leafy plants, patterned drapery, and hanging decorative orbs. The setting is indoors with a tiled floor, surrounded by intricate designs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.4 x 11.4 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 23.3 x 16.5 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.45

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 102, State iv/vi

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: Une Variété dans l'Amour (p.127); lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower left in graphite: P. 3; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B/G 102 iv/vi; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 64; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: APG 6931/10

Wikidata ID

Q75393972

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