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The Owl: A Few for the Few

Date

1883

Creator

Félix Hilaire Buhot

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

Félix Buhot is a fascinating nineteenth-century etcher who developed a style without parallel. He frequently combined a central image with extensive marginal illustrations that are reminiscent of glosses in medieval manuscripts. He took as his personal symbol, or alter ego, the owl featured in this print. The owl’s shadow is a silhouetted profile portrait of the artist...A maculature is an impression taken to clean the excess ink from a printed plate. It’s not meant to go on the market and is a studio byproduct. In this particular maculature, the print had been pulled with color added in small sections using a pounce (à la poupée). from Calendar of Events, January-August 2013

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Félix Buhot is a fascinating nineteenth-century etcher who developed a style without parallel. He frequently combined a central image with extensive marginal illustrations that are reminiscent of glosses in medieval manuscripts. He took as his personal symbol, or alter ego, the owl featured in this print. The owl’s shadow is a silhouetted profile portrait of the artist...A maculature is an impression taken to clean the excess ink from a printed plate. It’s not meant to go on the market and is a studio byproduct. In this particular maculature, the print had been pulled with color added in small sections using a pounce (à la poupée). from Calendar of Events, January-August 2013
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Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847 - 1898)
1883
Prints
Etching, softground, salt-lift, sandpaper ground, roulette, aquatint, and drypoint on thin wove paper
2012.048
à la poupée
books
intaglio prints
lamps
lanterns
maculatures
Strigiformes
Not on view, please request access
17 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (44.77 x 32.7 cm)
Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr., ND ’41 and Edith Ingalls Vignos Fund

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