Chaumières anglaises (English Cottages)

c. 1879

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image features a variety of lines and shapes layered over each other. Dark parallel lines and scattered crosshatchings create an abstract composition. There are dome-like shapes in the upper half of the image, along with lighter fragmented lines suggesting reflections or distant outlines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, roulette, sulphur tint, and softground etching in black on beige laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.6 x 11.3 cm (3 x 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 8.3 x 12.1 cm (3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.37

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 133, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection (partial unidentified collector's mark); 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 left on plate stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); lower right in plate (upside-down): 4 epreuves Felix Buhot; by later hands, in graphite on verso: APG 9326 / B133 / 685 / Buhot - Chaumières anglaises / [not deciphered] orig (4 epreuves) / [?]/X[AB?]

Watermarks

D. & C. Blauw (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q75394081

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