44. Félix Buhot
(1847-1898)

La Falaise – Baie de Saint-Malo (The Cliff – Bay of Saint-Malo)

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Buhot, La Falaise

La Falaise – Baie de Saint-Malo (The Cliff – Bay of Saint-Malo)

Etching, drypoint and aquatint over heliogravure, 1889-90, B/G 165 v/vi, 228 x 298 mm. Fine, soft impression, printed à l’essence and giving the feeling of a chalk and wash drawing or a grisaille painting, on strong wove paper with large margins. The sheet is inscribed in pencil, apparently in Buhot's hand, "Bon pour Hibou -- Couleur." However the red owl stamp was never added. The impression is of the central subject; the symphonic margins, when added, were from a completely separate plate. The view, like that of Le Port aux Mouettes, is toward Saint-Malo but from a different angle, more inland on the bay.