ID: 700000740 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000740	Record Type: Movable Work

Apothéose (etching (print); Houtin, François (French painter, born 1950); published 1988; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 546565; accession number: 2000.PR.44**;)

Note: Title from caption in the lower left corner below the plate mark. The print depicts an imaginary uninhabited landscape with a small pavillion surrounded by a pond and lush fantastic vegetation, among which are visible obelisks, columns and other architectural structures. A spectacular display of fireworks dominates the dark sky; French artist, best known for his imaginary or utopian gardens and dream-like landscapes. François Houtin was born in 1950 in Craon, Haut-Anjou.

Titles:

Apothéose (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Fantastic landscape with a small pavilion and fireworks (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

print (visual work) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: published 1988

Creator Display:

Houtin, François (French painter, born 1950) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Houtin, François (French painter, born 1950) [500126232]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 546565; accession number: 2000.PR.44**

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, b&w

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: image 43.3 x 59.9 cm, on sheet 56.6 x 76.3 cm

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	fantastic architecture [300067141]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in the visual arts>, architecture genres) (AAT)

	capriccio (visual works) [300015441]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	fireworks (visual works) [300249836]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

	gardens (open spaces) [300008090]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>) (AAT)

	imaginary places [300379058]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts, environmental psychology concepts, place (distinct area)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Title from caption in the lower left corner below the plate mark: Apothéose; Edition: 8/80.; Signed in pencil on plate, lower right corner, below the plate mark: "Houtin 88"

Edition: 8/80

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Apothéose	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 546565
Fantastic landscape with a small pavilion and fireworks	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

Subject: ....... [VP,GRISC]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [VP,GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)