Félix Buhot’s etching and aquatint, “Ryno et Hermangarde”, 1874–80

Félix Buhot (aka Félix Hilaire Buhot; Tohub [Buhot, in reverse]) (1847–1898)

“Ryno et Hermangarde”, 1874–80, printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris by Alphonse Lemerre (1838-1912) as an illustration to Barbey d'Aurevilly's (1808–1889) “Une Vieille Maîtresse” (A Former Mistress).

Etching, aquatint and drypoint (with stop-out, salt lift ground, spirit ground and sulphur tint proposed by Jay McKean Fisher & Colles Baxter [1983]) on cream wove paper backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (support sheet) 31.2 x 24 cm; (sheet) 19.2 x 13.5 cm; (plate) 12.6 x 8.3 cm: (image borderline) 10 x 6 cm.

Lettered in plate above the image borderline: (right) “T.II.P.184.”

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “F. Buhot inv. et aquaf.”; (centre) “Imp. A. Salmon.”; (right) “Lemerre, éd.”

State vi (of vi) with the addition of letters and page number; see Bourcard & Goodfriend (1979) addendum “Catalogue Additions and Revisions” cat. no. 106, state 6.

Bourcard & Goodfriend 106 (Gustave Bourcard & James Goodfriend 1979, “Félix Buhot: Catalogue Descriptif de son Oeuvre Grave”, New York, Martin Gordon, pp. 60–61, cat. no. 106).

Bourcard & Goodfriend (1979) offer the following description of this print: (transl.) “On a black horse which carries it to the left, M. de Marigny holds Hermangarde lovingly by the waist, which he has seated on the front of his saddle. In the middle of the black clouds driven by the wind, we see a flock of birds” (p. 60).

See also the description of this print in its fourth state (with marginal sketches on all sides) offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1904-0219-66.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. Beyond slight toning to the margin edges, the sheet is in a very good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this tiny and darkly wonderful etching of a couple on a horse galloping along the sea shore set against a sky with gathering clouds and birds, for the total cost of AU$237 (currently US$168.40/EUR154.66/GBP136.65 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this precious little etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Félix Buhot’s etching and aquatint, “The Shrieker”, 1874

Félix Buhot (aka Félix Hilaire Buhot; Tohub [Buhot, in reverse]) (1847–1898)

“The Shrieker” (aka “Le Criard”; “The Screamer”), 1874, published in Paris by Alphonse Lemerre (1838-1912) as an illustration to Barbey d'Aurevilly's (1808–1889) “Une Vieille Maîtresse” (A Former Mistress).

Etching, aquatint and drypoint (with stop-out, salt lift ground, spirit ground and sulphur tint proposed by Jay McKean Fisher & Colles Baxter [1983]) on cream wove paper backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (support sheet) 37.3 x 30.3 cm; (sheet) 19.2 x 13.6 cm; (plate) 12.6 x 8.3 cm: (image borderline) 10 x 6 cm.

Lettered in plate above the image borderline: (right) “T.II.P.117.”

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “F. Buhot inv. et aquaf.”; (centre) “Imp. A. Salmon.”; (right) “Lemerre, éd.”

State vi (of vi) with the addition of letters and page number; see Bourcard & Goodfriend (1979) addendum “Catalogue Additions and Revisions” cat. no. 106, state 6.

Bourcard & Goodfriend 104 (Gustave Bourcard & James Goodfriend 1979, “Félix Buhot: Catalogue Descriptif de son Oeuvre Grave”, New York, Martin Gordon, p. 59, cat. no. 104).

See also Jay McKean Fisher & Colles Baxter 1983, “Félix Buhot Peintre-Graveur: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings”, The Baltimore Museum of Art (exh. cat.), cat. no. 66f, p. 107.

The British Museum offers a description of this print in its third state: “A man running on a shore with his hands over his ears; a winged demon riding a black horse appears in the stormy sky, on the right; marginal sketches ('marges symphoniques') on all sides; third state, with additional aquatint and drypoint work. c.1874/80 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1904-0219-64).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. Beyond slight toning to the margin edges and a bumped lower right corner, the sheet is in a very good condition with no tears, holes, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this tiny and darkly wonderful etching of a figure screaming on a beach while a ship sinks in the distance and a ghostly figure is seen in the sky, for the total cost of AU$237 (currently US$162.96/EUR153.42/GBP1355.09 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this precious little etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Eugène Carrière’s etching, “Réalitiés Ayant la Magie du Rêve”, 1888

Eugène Carrière (aka Eugène Anatole Carrière) (1849–1906)

“Réalitiés Ayant la Magie du Rêve” (Realities having the magic of dreams), 1888, an original etching (with drypoint) by Eugène Carrière, printed by F Bizolier (fl.1860–88) and published in 1888 by Alphonse Lemerre (1838-1912) in Paris in Jean Dolent’s “Amoureux d'Art”.

Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, trimmed with a small margin around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 11.2 x 11.2 cm; (plate); 8.6 x 13.9 cm; (image borderline) 7.7 x 13.1 cm.

Signed in plate within the image borderline: (upper right) “Eugène Carrière”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Imp. Bizolier.”; (centre) “RÉALITIÉS AYANT LA MAGIE DU RÊVE”.

State iv (of iv) with addition of lettered publication details and title.

Delteil 1 iv (Loys Delteil 1913, “Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré: Eugène Carrière”, vol. 8, Paris, Loys Delteil, n.p., cat. no. 2, 4 État).

See also the description of this print offered by the RISD Museum: https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/realities-ayant-la-magie-du-reve-19862257.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression with a small margin around the platemark and laid onto a sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. The sheet is in a near pristine (museum quality) condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this original etching by Eugène Carrière showing an intimate portrayal of a mother breast-feeding her child for AU$377 in total (currently US$266.85/EUR232.90/GBP197.32 at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this very beautiful etching—note how the artist uses gentle exploratory marks to establish the contours of the figures’ forms, as if he were rendering them by a sense of touch—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold