Le Curé de Cucugnan (The Vicar of Cucugnan)

c. 1885

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This is a drawing depicting various mystical or supernatural scenes. In the central image, a person is seated on a bench in an interior setting surrounded by mythical creatures. Surrounding this central image are vignettes: an angelic figure near a gate, a hooded figure with a staff, a crowd near a building, and people around a cross. The border includes serpentine forms and fantastical elements, suggesting a narrative involving the supernatural and mixing religious, mystical, and infernal iconography.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint (spirit ground), spit bite, and roulette in black on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.4 x 11.4 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 30.2 x 20.8 cm (11 7/8 x 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 112, State iv/vi

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 in margin in plate: LE CVRÉ CVCVGNAN / FBAQ (monogram); lower center in margin in plate: F.B. inv. sc; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 4; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: APG 10798/5

Wikidata ID

Q75394206

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