2012.89: Clichy Boulevard Funerary Procession

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2012.89

People

Félix Hilaire Buhot, French (Valognes (Manche), France 1847 - 1898 Paris)

Title

Clichy Boulevard Funerary Procession

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Convoi funèbre au boulevard de Clichy

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1887

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/340006

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and aquatint printed in green and black on off-white Japanese paper

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions

sheet: 32.6 x 45.7 cm (12 13/16 x 18 in.)
plate: 30.1 x 40.1 cm (11 7/8 x 15 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: verso, round red ink stamp, applied twice: DB [likely Daniel Bell]
• inscription: lower left, etched in plate: Insouciant Flaneur, ennemi des Chloroses / Ce Croquemort defunt trouvait plaisant de voir / Sur des ciels Parisiens aux tons bleus gris ou roses / Deux ou trois corbillards se detacher en noir / Felix Buhot 1887
• stamp: verso, center, oval gallery stamp: CHILDS / BOSTON

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Childs Gallery, Boston, MA]. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA, gift of his estate; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

iii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Bourcard 159

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift from the Collection of Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Accession Year

2012

Object Number

2012.89

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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