Lot 205
  • 205

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix
  • Sheet of Figure Studies
  • Pen and brown ink and graphite;bears inscription in brown ink, lower centre: 20 fr. four. I had been at d(?)
  • 188 by 297 mm; 7½ by 11¾ in (sight size)

Provenance

Estate of the artist (L.838a);
with Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1964

Condition

It is not possible given the current mount to examine the extremities of the sheet and the measurements provided are sight size. The drawing appears to have been laid down with some very slight discoloration to the sheet. There is a small stain to the upper left corner and some other minor studio(?) staining to the upper right corner. The pen and ink medium remains reasonably strong throughout. Sold in a giltwood frame.
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