La Place Pigalle, 1878
Félix Hilaire Buhot, French, 1847 - 1898
1878
Drypoint and aquatint etching on laid paper
artist's proof
Plate: 9 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (24.2 × 33.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/16 × 18 1/4 in. (34.2 × 46.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.100
Geography/Culture
Europe, France
Period
19th century
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, in plate, upper left: TOUT PARIS [advertisement]; inscribed, in plate, within vignette, upper right: RAT MORT [cafe sign]; inscribed, in plate within remarque, upper right: A LA NOUVELLE ATHENES [cafe sign]; inscribed, in plate, within vignette, upper right: Fountain Pigalle / Café de la Nouvelle AThenes [faint]; inscribed, in plate, lower left: Pigalle / a la place Pigalle / 1878; initialled and dated, in plate, lower right: FB 1878; stamped, in red ink, within image, lower right: [artist's stamp: Lugt 977] F [owl] B; inscribed, in graphite, lower center: Place Pigalle original etching by Buhot artists proof signed with his stamp
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 17, Sexes in the City: Exploring Urban Men and Women through Five Centuries of Popular Prints, Megan Fontanella, Class of 2004, Class of 1954 Curatorial Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 30-March 28, 2004.
Provenance
Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York; given to present collection, in 1954, in memory of her son, Everett De Witt Egginton (1900-1925), Class of 1921.
Catalogue Raisonne
Boucard (1899) 129 iv/v; Goodfriend (1979) 129 iv/v
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