Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847-1898). Study for La Fête Nationale; Study of a seated figure (double-sided work). Penc...

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Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847-1898)
Study for La Fête Nationale; Study of a seated figure (double-sided work)
Pencil on paper
5-3/4 x 4 inches (14.6 x 10.2 cm) (sheet)
Artist's stamp lower right: FHB

Property from the William A. Glaser Collection

PROVENANCE:
C&J Goodfriend Drawings and Prints, New York;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1991.

EXHIBITED:
C&J Goodfriend Drawings and Prints, New York, "Felix Buhot (1847-1898) Prints and Drawings," 1986, no. 97.

LITERATURE:
J. Goodfriend, ed., Felix Buhot (1847-1898) Prints and Drawings, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1986, p. 36, no. 97, illustrated in black and white.

The horse and buggy with their driver, seen at the upper left of this preparatory sketch, appear again in Buhot's most famous print, La Fête nationale au Boulevard Clichy, executed in 1878 to commemorate the recovery of Paris following the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune. A Montmartre street scene dominates the final work, but the margins of the print are not without excitement; in the surrounding vignettes, Parisians celebrate across the city, including, in a panel in the upper half of the left edge, a familiar horse and his driver.


More information about Félix Hilaire Buhot. See also: Buhot, Félix Hilaire, Buhot, Felix Hilaire, Buhot, Félix-Hilaire Artist.

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