Geese

One can assume that the location in this image is Normandy, for Buhot returned many times to his hometown. Comparison of two impressions (the first and final state) reveals how completely distinct they are, as if two different artists, working side by side, interpreted the same scene. This first state is primarily spontaneous drypoint with some aquatint shading of sky and terrain. It is expressed directly, almost brutally, with a minimum of detail. Although Buhot would go on to work the plate through several additional states, the first state was a work in and of itself.