Winter in Paris, 1879
Félix Buhotexpand_more
Etching, aquatint, spit-bite etching, soft-ground etching, drypoint, and scrapingexpand_more
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916expand_more P.1,926
Not on Viewexpand_more
A perceptive observer of life in Paris and rural France, Félix Buhot was dismayed by the plight of draft horses laboring in the city’s cold, wet winters. Using a compositional technique he called “symphonic margins,” he elaborated on this scene of a bustling Paris street with a series of vignettes revealing the darker, often hidden side of urban life. The commonplace title Winter in Paris belies Buhot’s critical commentary on animal abuse and neglect. The average lifespan of a commercial draft horse at the time was only four years. Thousands of dead horses were removed from the streets of Paris every year.
Details
- Title
- Winter in Paris
- Artist Life
- 1847-1898
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.1,926
- Catalogue Raisonne
- B-G 128 vii/ix; Bourcard128 vi/v (sixth state not in Bourcard)
- Curator Approved
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