Lot 613
  • 613

Théodore Géricault

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Théodore Géricault
  • Cocher et deux chevaux de calèche
  • pencil on paper mounted on paper
  • 5 1/2 by 4 3/8 in.
  • 14 by 11.1 cm

Provenance

Madame Becq de Fouquières, 1884

Exhibited

Paris, Ecole des beaux-arts, Dessins de l'École modern, February 1884, part of no. 318
Paris, Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Exposition d'oeuvre de Géricault : au profit de la Société "La Sauvegarde de l'art français", April 24-May 16, 1924, no. 212d

Literature

Germain Bazin, Théodore Géricault, Etude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1990, vol. VII, no. 2599, illustrated p. 241 

Condition

Pencil on paper. The original sheet has been trimmed and mounted onto another sheet. Surface dirt. Light stain. Spots of foxing and discoloration. Framed and ready to hang.
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