24. Félix Buhot
1847-1898

La Maison Maudite (The Cursed House)

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La Maison Maudite

La Maison Maudite (The Cursed House)

Etching, and drypoint, 1877, 212 x 150 mm., Bourcard/Goodfriend 117 ii/iii from L'Ensorcelée. A trial proof of a portion of the plate (Buhot frequently made such proofs), eliminating the top margin and reducing the sides, on thin, brownish wove paper. Verso, a counterproof of the Ex Libris pour L'Ensorcelée (B/G 116 i-ii/iii), also incomplete and touched with pencil and white gouache.