Félix Buhot. 1847-1898.
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Femme assise sur un rocher. (after Louise Abbéma. 1847-1898.). c. 1874. Ink study for the etching. 4 1/8 x 3 1/2 (image and sheet). Drawn on fine yellow/tan paper. Unsigned. 2,750 the pair.
Femme assise sur un rocher. (after Louise Abbéma. 1847-1898.). c. 1874. Etching. Bourcard-Goodfriend 46. 5 1/8 x 6 7/8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 12 3/16). Printed on cream laid paper. Soiling in the right-hand margin; otherwise good condition. Signed, annotated and dated in the plate. $1,750 the pair.
Le Hibou.
Le Hibou (Pauca Paucis) 1883. Etching, drypoint, aquatint and roulette. 1883. B/G 161.v/v. 17 1/2 x 12 3/4 (sheet 19 1/4 x 14 1/2). An atmospheric impression printed in brown/black on cream wove paper. Provenance: Kovler Gallery, Chicago. Unsigned.
Thw image shows a horse-drawn cab, a sailing ship, a figure from a novel he illustrated, people with umbrellas, gulls, owls, a minstrel and a bit of the church at Valognes. In the central image, the owl, Buhot's alter ego, stands next to an open book and his shadow, cast on the blank page, produces a silhouette portrait of the bearded artist. The words Pauca Paucis (A Few for the Few) are inscribed below the owl and the book. Buhot designed the print to be a cover or title page for a projected album of some of his works. Unfortunately, the project never materialized. The print itself, though, is a major addition to his oeuvre. $6,000.
Le Hibou (Pauca Paucis) c.1883. Pencil, ink and watercolor study for the etching, B/G 161.v/v.Image 16 x 10 3/4 (sheet 19 7/8 x 12 1/4). Provenance: The New Gallery, New York c. 1925); a Long Island, New York, estate. Monogrammed, lower right, with the stamp of The New Gallery Housed in an elegant period frame. $7,500
Le Hibou (Pauca Paucis) c.1883. Black, brown, and white chalk, charcoal, graphite, pastel and turpentine washes, heightened with white gouache. Image 17 1/2 x 11 1/2(sheet 20 1/4 x 13 7/8. Laid down on board. Housed in an elegant period frame. $15,000.
La petite marine -- Souvenir de Medway. (Little Seascape, a Remembrance of the Medway). 1879. Etching, drypoint, false biting, aquatint and stop-out. Bourcard-Goodfriend 153.vi. 6 1/2 x 8 9/16 (sheet 9 3/8 x 11 1/2). Left-hand platemark strengthened with Japanese mulberry paper. Very fine impression of the completed state on tan Van Gelder laid paper with full margins. Signed with the red owl stamp, signed and annotated 'épreuve d'artist' in pencil. Housed in a 13 x 14 1/2 gold and grey wood frame. $2,000.
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