Lot Essay
Les Voisins de Campagne is dedicated to the celebrated baritone and collector Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914).
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La Place Pigalle en 1878
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FÉLIX BUHOT (1847-1898)
La Place Pigalle en 1878
etching and drypoint, 1878, on laid paper, a very good impression of the third state (of five), with full margins on three sides, trimmed slightly at right, generally in good condition; with Les Voisins de Campagne, by the same hand, etching and drypoint, 1879-80, on laid paper, watermark Bunch of Grapes, signed in pencil, dedicated à Monsieur Faure, a very good impression of the fifth, final state, with wide margins, generally in good condition
Plate 256 x 345 mm., Sheet 260 x 358 mm. (B. & G. 129)
Plate 133 x 178 mm., Sheet 222 x 281 mm. (B. & G. 148)
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La Place Pigalle en 1878
etching and drypoint, 1878, on laid paper, a very good impression of the third state (of five), with full margins on three sides, trimmed slightly at right, generally in good condition; with Les Voisins de Campagne, by the same hand, etching and drypoint, 1879-80, on laid paper, watermark Bunch of Grapes, signed in pencil, dedicated à Monsieur Faure, a very good impression of the fifth, final state, with wide margins, generally in good condition
Plate 256 x 345 mm., Sheet 260 x 358 mm. (B. & G. 129)
Plate 133 x 178 mm., Sheet 222 x 281 mm. (B. & G. 148)
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Provenance
Daniel Bell (1919-2011) Cambridge, Massachusetts (not in Lugt). (B. & G. 129)
Literature
Bourcard & Goodfriend 129; 148
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