Je fis ce qu'on appelle un bon marché (I made what I would call a good bargain)
Medium
etching, drypoint, and softground etching (for the grainy texture in the lower left margin) in black on Japanese paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.6 x 11.5 cm (6 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 22.5 x 14.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.9572
About the Artist
Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 1847–1898
Félix-Hilaire Buhot was born on July 9, 1847, in Valognes, a small town in Normandy, France, into a modest family—his father a wine merchant and his mother a seller of women's clothes. Orphaned by age seven after losing both parents and his maternal grandmother, he was raised by relatives, including a godfather, and received an early introduction to drawing from his adopted mother's nephew. In 186...