Jan 13, 2006

Untitled

Gardener's Huts

Untitled

1999

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François Houtin

(French, 1950-)

Etching

Support: Lana Royal watermarked wove paper

Sheet: 37.8 x 28.4 cm (14 7/8 x 11 3/16 in.); Platemark: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)

Gift of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer in memory of Robert Lundie Shearer 1999.304.1

Catalogue raisonné: Armstrong+Broutta 283

Edition: 60

Location

Did you know?

Before working as a printmaker, François Houtin was renowned as a topiarist.

Description

The work of François Houtin, a landscape architect, typically presents utopian gardens which have grown uninhibited by the world around them. This etching belongs to a set of 14 in which the artist invented charming gardener sheds that blend nature and architecture into imaginative designs.

See also
Collection: 
PR - Etching
Department: 
Prints
Type of artwork: 
Print
Medium: 
Etching

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