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BUHOT Félix
FICHE 16724
(1847 - 1898)
La tiare
Etching, drypoint, charcoal and white chalk
1888
Very rare and fine impression on watermarked laid paper, of the second state (on 4), corrected by the artist, addition in charcoal of Notre-Dame de Paris and St Peter's Basilica, he also added the light with a white chalk for the next state, suppression of St Peter's Basilica in the upper part. Annotation in ink "Tiare offerte à S.S. Leon XIII // à l'occassion du Jubilé pontifical " " exécutée par m. Froment-Meurice // [illisible] orfèvre", of a print run of 12 impressions, good margins.
Sheet: 542 x 358 mm
Plate: 392 x 325 mm
Reference: Bourcard-Goodfriend 173 (see the supplement)
Condition: stain in the lower margin, soilings in the upper margin.
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