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Collection Online as of November 29, 2023

Place Pigalle en 1878

1878

Félix Hilaire Buhot

(French, 1847–1898)

France, 19th century

Etching, drypoint and aquatint

Support: Beige (1) Japanese paper

Sheet: 30 x 40.2 cm (11 13/16 x 15 13/16 in.); Platemark: 26 x 34.9 cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial 1920.702

Catalogue raisonné: Bourcard 129

State: IV/V

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower center, in graphite: "Felix Buhot"; inscribed lower left, in graphite: "3e etat"; lower left, in plate: "Felix Buhot pinxt. sc./ Etat tiré a 20 épreuves" (20 is inscribed in blue pencil); lower center, in plate: "La Place Pigalle en 1878/ Se trouve a Paris chex l'auteur/ rue de Breda 15 proche la Station de fiacres"

Citations
McK., W. Mc.C. "Gift to Keppel Memorial." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 8 (1920): 120. Mentioned: p. 120 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Lepère, Legros, and Buhot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-September 23, 1984).

Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.702