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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.86
People
Félix Hilaire Buhot, French (Valognes (Manche), France 1847 - 1898 Paris)
Title
Bronze Toad
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Crapaud bronze
Series/Book Title: Japonisme, plate 7
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1883
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/340008

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and aquatint on yellow Asian paper with metal flecks and red ink stamp
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 30.7 x 22.7 cm (12 1/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
plate: 21.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/8 x 6 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: lower center, in red ink: F (image of an owl) B [Buhot's stamp, Lugt 977]
  • inscription: upper right, etched in plate: 7 / Bronze / encrier / Collection de Mr. Ph. Burty
  • inscription: lower left, etched in plate: FB / 1883
  • inscription: upper center, graphite: 84-108
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: I37271

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA, gift of his estate; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/iv
Standard Reference Number
Bourcard 18

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
2012.86
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Red ink woodblock trade stamp on verso with bleed through to recto.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/07/2019 - 07/12/2019

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