Lot 83
  • 83

Théodore Géricault

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Théodore Géricault
  • Boxeurs (Delteil 10; Rouen 9)
  • lithograph
  • Image: 354 by 418mm; 14 by 16½in
  • Sheet: 424 by 495mm; 16¾ by 19½in
Lithograph, 1818, a very good impression of the very rare second (final) state, on wove paper

Condition

With margins, image in good condition, two short vertical repaired tears at upper and lower edges of sheet (away from the image), other repairs in the margin, two parallel diagonal flattened creases at lower right sheet corner (away from the subject), and another horizontal along lower edge of sheet, very slight surface dirt verso, re-margined with a strip of japan paper along upper edge of sheet, framed.
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