Femme

Artist Henri Boutet French, 1851 - 1919

Dateca. 1890

MediumDrypoint etching on heavy wove paper

DimensionsPlate mark: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.
Sheet: 12 7/16 x 8 3/4 in. (31.6 x 22.2 cm)
Matboard: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineThe Sparling Family Collection

Object number2014.2.9

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SignedThree times. Lower right in the plate, behind the kneeling woman: "H Boutet". Outside the LR of the plate, the artist's stamp in red ink in the form of a Japanese fan, and below this, in pencil, "HBoutet" with edition number "No.9" in pencil above it.

InscribedLower, ctr, verso, in pencil, "T187 (3)"

MarkingsLower right: red stamp in the shape of a fan with "HB" in the center.

DescriptionWoman, back to viewer, kneeling on a fireplace hearth, using a bellows to start or encourage the fire.Exhibition HistoryToulouse-Lautrec & Company: Prints from the Belle Époque, March 3 - May 27, 2012Provenanceby 2011, New York, NY, Harris Schrank Fine Prints
2011, Houston, TX, Tobin Sparling
2014, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust