Lot 282
  • 282

Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Gericault

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Gericault
  • Entrance to the Adelphi Wharf
  • pencil, pen, ink and wash on paper
  • 7 1/4 by 10 in.
  • 18.5 by 25.4 cm

Provenance

Collection of Colonel Nouvion
Hans E. Buhler, Winterthur
Christie's London, Property from the Collection of Hans F. Buhler, November 15, 1985, lot 64
Hobhouse Limited, London, 1985
Collection of Bill Blass, November 15, 1985
Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collection of Bill Blass, October 22, 2003, lot 221

Exhibited

Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Ausstellung Théodore Géricault, 1953, no. 197

Literature

P. Dubaut and P. Nathan, Géricault 1791 - 1824, Sammlung, Hans E. Buhler, Winterthur 1956, no. 59
L. Eitner, Géricault, His Life and Work, London 1983, p. 350-51, note 63

Condition

The sheet is in overall good condition. There is some light foxing in the lower left, lower right and upper right. Otherwise in fine condition.
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