Un Grain à Trouville (Squall at Trouville)

1874/1875

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a beach scene with a crowd under parasols on the sandy shore. In the background, there are flags on tall poles. The sky above has expressive brushstrokes and swirling clouds. The color palette is sepia tones and black. Details like chairs show the shoreline's edge.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 x 24.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 26.7 x 41.2 cm (10 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 122, State vi/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 38, as Squall at Trouville.

2007

  • Impressionists by the Sea, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2007 - 2008, unnumbered catalogue.

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.

1983

  • Fisher/Baxter 1983, cf. 43.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Trouville 4 aout 1874 / Tohub; lower left with red stamp: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, upper left in graphite: Id / 02; by later hand, across bottom verso in graphite: HPG109/4 / Le grain E.f. de Zohule. avant la lettre 2ft; by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: 25

Watermarks

LLOWS / 1818 (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q75394034

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