Collection Online as of December 2, 2023
Gardener's Huts: 8th Gardener's Hut
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François Houtin
(French, 1950-)
Etching
Support: Lana Royal watermarked wove paper
Sheet: 37.8 x 28.3 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Platemark: 14.9 x 14.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Gift of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer in memory of Robert Lundie Shearer 1999.304.10
Catalogue raisonné: Armstrong+Broutta 285
Edition: 60 in suite and 60 sold separately
Location
not on view
Description
Houtin, a landscape architect, also makes etchings of utopian gardens. In this suite of 14 prints he invented charming gardener sheds that blend nature and architecture into delightful, imaginative follies.