Houtin, François. Gardener's Huts, 1999. etching, 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. Copyrighted.

Gardener's Huts

1999

François Houtin

François Houtin (French, 1950-)

Prints

Gardener's Huts, 1999. François Houtin (French, 1950-). Etching; sheet: 37.8 x 28.4 cm (14 7/8 x 11 3/16 in.); platemark: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer in memory of Robert Lundie Shearer 1999.304 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. Before working as a printmaker, François Houtin was renowned as a topiarist.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Houtin, François
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: etching
Medium: etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 37.8 x 28.4 cm (14 7/8 x 11 3/16 in.); Platemark: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: lower left in graphite: XIX/LX Houtin '99
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1999.304
Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer in memory of Robert Lundie Shearer
Exhibitions: Imagining the Garden
Rights Statement: Copyrighted