2012.93: The Spirits of Dead Cities
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2012.93
- People
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Félix Hilaire Buhot, French (Valognes (Manche), France 1847 - 1898 Paris)
- Title
- The Spirits of Dead Cities
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Les esprits des villes mortes
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1886
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/340021
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint with roulette and aquatint on Japanese paper
- Technique
- Etching, drypoint and aquatint
- Dimensions
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sheet: 34.5 x 52.6 cm (13 9/16 x 20 11/16 in.)
plate: 29.2 x 39.5 cm (11 1/2 x 15 9/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- stamp: lower left, in red ink: F (image of an owl) B [Buhot's stamp, Lugt 977]
- inscription: lower left, graphite: Les Esprits des Villes Mortes-(The spirits of the dead cities) B160-Intermediate III-IV/V; lower center, graphite: RDGG-$475.00; lower right, graphite: 3439 / 63x82-grand format [illegible]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA, gift of his estate; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- v/vi
- Standard Reference Number
- Bourcard 160
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
- 2012.93
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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