L'Orage (The Storm)

1879

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and roulette with isolated areas of etching and possibly salt lift in black on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.1 x 22.9 cm (5 15/16 x 9 in.)
    sheet: 30.9 x 43.7 cm (12 3/16 x 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.54.62

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 145, State v/vii

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 left in plate: Felix Buhot drypoint / Felix Buhot drypoint; lower center in plate: Hindley Heath - Kensington Museum; lower right in plate: from L.Z. Gerstolle; lower center stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); lower left margin in plate, enclosed within rectangle: Epreuve d'artiste (in reverse) / Félix Buhot sc / drypoint / FBAQ; by later hand, lower left in graphite: L'Orange- (The Storm) B 145- II/III; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 3431

Watermarks

Arches (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q75394105

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