La Blanche Caroline (Pale Caroline)

1879/1880

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This is a drawing featuring a figure near a castle-like structure amid a dark setting. The central image is surrounded by various etched illustrations and decorative elements, including birds and floral motifs, framed within an abstract design. The drawing depicts a castle with a turret, bare trees, and a cloudy night sky. There is a sense of movement from the figure suggesting dynamism in the narrative. The surrounding area has sketches of flora and partially drawn figures, intertwining with the border design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint (dust ground and spirit ground), and roulette or rocker (along the top margin) 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: 23.5 x 16.6 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 105, 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 right in graphite: Felix Buhot; lower center in margin in plate: Felix Buhot inv sc; lower left in plate: La BLANCHE CAROLINE (Tome 2); lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower left in graphite: P VI; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B/G 105 iv/vi; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 70; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: APG 6931/10

Wikidata ID

Q75394013

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