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The imagery for this print was begun in 1877 on the right side of the composition as a bookplate for the bookseller Leon Lerey and was never completed. A few impressions were printed, and the plate was then put aside. Ten years later, Buhot retrieved…

Le Hibou marks something of a summary and culmination of Buhot’s graphic work, even though it is not his last print, nor his last etching. Many of the elements that fascinated him through the years—cabs, ships, lanterns, umbrellas, village…

This impression, in black, was intended as a design for the back cover of the portfolio Buhot published in 1883 under the title Japonisme. It consisted of ten etchings after Japanese art objects from the collection of Philippe Burty, the French…