Le Bas-Hamet, 1879/1880

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series Title

Barbey d'Aurevilly's "Une Vielle Maîtresse" [Bourcard 99-108]

Medium

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

Dimensions

plate: 17.5 x 11.4 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

sheet: 23.3 x 16.6 cm (9 3/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 107, State iv/vi

Accession Number

1995.54.50

Artists / Makers

Félix-Hilaire Buhot (artist) French, 1847 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: LE BAS-HAMET (p 201); lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower left in graphite: P. VIII; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B/G 107 iv/vi; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 79; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: APG 6931/10

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Goodfriend, C. & J.
Gunnarsson, Helena

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.