National Holiday of June 30 at the Boulevard Clichy

2024-09-16T20:14:01-05:00

Vendor: BUHOT, Felix
Type: Etching and aquatint
Price: 5500.00

La Fête National de 30 Juin au Boulevard Clichy (original French title)

Etching and aquatint printed in two tones on wove paper, 1878.
Reference: Bourcard & Goodfriend 127 vii/viii.
A very fine impression in two colors, black for the main subject, grey-brown for the symphonic margins. Impressions of this plate are not commonly printed in two colors, but other color impressions exist.
Note the date in the plate: this was before July 14 was officially accepted (in 1880) as the French national holiday, and celebrations occurred on different days. This date was chosen to coincide with the 1878 Universal Exposition in Paris.
Signed with the large red owl stamp in the bottom plate margin (Lugt 977).