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 two sections. On the left, there is a circular vignette showing a grayscale landscape with a body of water reflecting light, a castle in the distance under a crescent moon and stars, and distant glowing dots. The right section displays an ornate ex libris design with intricate illustrations including figures, a ship, and a musical score, all in monochromatic tones. The left side has a hazy and mysterious quality with soft brushstrokes, while the right side has finer line work and deeper shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, drypoint, roulette, stop-out, sulphur tint, and crayon stop-out in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.3 x 18 cm (4 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 20 x 29 cm (7 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.55

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

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 center with red stamp: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: B7614; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: APG 6447; right half in plate: EX LIBRIS / Caesaris Burcus / A son ami Léon Lerey / Felix Buhot aquaforti

Wikidata ID

Q75394158

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