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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.78
People
Félix Hilaire Buhot, French (Valognes (Manche), France 1847 - 1898 Paris)
Title
Carved Wooden Mask
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Masque en bois
Series/Book Title: Japonisme, plate 1
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1885
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/340012

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on yellow Asian paper with metal flecks
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 29.3 x 22.4 cm (11 9/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
plate: 18.4 x 14.2 cm (7 1/4 x 5 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: lower center, in red ink: F (image of an owl) B [Buhot's stamp, Lugt 977]
  • inscription: etched in plate, upper left: 1; etched in plate, lower left: Masque / Bois sculpté; etched in plate, upper right: collection de Mr. Ph. Burty; etched in plate, lower right: Felix Buhot / aq. f.
  • inscription: upper center, graphite: 84-108

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
Bourcard 12

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
2012.78
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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

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