THÉODORE GÉRICAULT | Académie d'homme, les bras croisés

oil on canvas

Pierre Dubaut, Paris ;
Galerie Alain Tarica, Paris ;
Purchased from the above, Collection Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Bergé, rue de Babylone, Paris

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Figures nues de l'Ecole française, 1953, n°70 ;
Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Delacroix, ses maîtres, ses amis, ses élèves, May-September 1963, n°281

P. Grunchec, Tout l'Oeuvre peint de Géricault, Paris, 1978, p. 95, n°62 ;
L. Eitner, "The Literature of Art" in Burlington Magazine, March 1980, p. 206 (as by another artist) ;
G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault : étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, vol. II, Paris, 1987, pp. 275, 372, n°144, illustrated (as by another artist) ;
J. Coignard, "Chez Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent" in Connaissance des Arts, January 2006, pp. 52-53, n°634, illustrated;
Jérôme Neutres, Jacques Doucet - Yves Saint Laurent : Vivre pour l'art, Paris, 2015, illustrated p. 151

- relined - thin matter due to relining (especially on the left calf) - would benefit from a light cleaning - under UV light, * numerous repaints by the borders and in the back, especially in the four corners (more important repaints) * three horizontal scratches : one long one from the border to the left arm, one accross the right calf, and the last one in the background on the left * numerous small retouches on the hair, forehead, right eye (corner), mouth * a few retouches on the arms, shoulders, calfs
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We would like to thank Monsieur Philippe Grunchec for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work. This painting will be included in Bruno Chenique's catalogue raisonné in preparation.