Claude-Marie Dubufe
La surprise (The Surprise)

cropped recto of frame

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La surprise (The Surprise)
ArtistFrench, 1790–1864
CultureFrench
Titles
  • La surprise (The Surprise)
Datec. 1827
MediumWatercolor and gouache on paper
DimensionsSheet (visible): 11 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (30.2 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Linda and Ronny Finger
Object number2012.276
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France, 1864; [Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, 2000]; purchased by Linda and Ronny Finger, Houston, 2001–2004; to the Estate of Linda Finger, Houston, by 2012; given to MFAH, 2012.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed recto lower left in red: Dubufe
Printed circular label on verso backboard: GALERIE ANTOINE LAURENTIN / 65, RUE SAINTE-ANNE - 75002 PARIS
Printed label on verso backboard with additional marks in ink: GALERIE / Antoine Laurentin / Claude Marie DUBUFE / La surprise / aquacelle gouachée signée 305 x 250 mm / 65, rue Sainte-Anne - Paris 75002 - Tel. : 42 97 43 42

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