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Identification and Creation
Object Number
2012.93
People
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
print
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
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
  • 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
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
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