Le Château des hiboux (Castle of the Owls)

1877-1887

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image features an arrangement of lines and shapes that form an abstract composition. On the left side, there is a circular area enclosing dark, indistinct shapes. On the right side, an intricate design reminiscent of a bookplate is filled with detailed illustrations, including a sailing ship and musical notes, as well as a violin and an open book. The word "EXLIBRIS" is inscribed at the top.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, drypoint, and roulette in black on 18th-century cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.3 x 18 cm (4 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.5 x 21.2 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.54

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 168, State iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 83, as Castle of the Owls.

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

across bottom below plate mark in pen and brown ink: 3e Etat. Essai d'aquatinte fais sur (illegible) cuivre dans le coin du quel / j'avait déja gravé cet Ex libris (abandonné). en 1877. / Felix Buhot; lower left in black chalk: a J. Henry Harpse, Esq. (with a sketch of an owl); by later hand, lwoer left verso in graphite: APG 8047; right half in plate: EX LIBRIS / Caesaris Burcus / A son ami Léon Lerey / Felix Buhot aquaforti

Watermarks

[L?]V

Wikidata ID

Q75394146

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