British & Continental Auction | December 6, 2024
Fri, Dec 6, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1575
Theodore Gericault, Mameluck Defendant un Trompette Blesse
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(French, 1791-1824)
An Egyptian Mameluke Defending a Wounded French Trumpeter at Waterloo (D. 9, C. 8), 1818, unsigned, with faint collector's stamp lower right (L. 2187a), lithograph on cream wove paper, image 13-5/8 x 11 in., sheet 17-3/4 x 12-3/8 in.; gilt frame, 24 x 20 x 1 in.
Provenance: Ex-collection Alexis Hubert Rouart (1839-1911), Paris, France; By descent in family
Note from Lugt database: Alexis Hubert Rouart, brother of the collector Henri Rouart (1833-1912) renowned for his Corot and Degas, had himself gathered a large selection of lithographs in very beautiful proofs. All the great masters such as Charlet, Raffet, Vernet, Gericault, Delacroix, Boulanger, H. Monnier, Daumier, Deveria, Gavarni, Bonington, Grevedon, Decamps, were represented there.
Literature: Delteil, Loys, et al. Theodore GeRicault : The Graphic Work = L'oeuvre Grave : A Catalogue Raisonne. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2010, No. 9; Clement, Charles. GeRicault; ETude Biographique et Critique, Avec Le Catalogue Raisonne de L'oeuvre Du Maitre. Didier, 1868, No. 8
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Ex-collection Alexis Hubert Rouart (1839-1911), Paris, France; By descent in family
hinged at top, light toning, some foxing, paper abraded verso with some thinning, pencil inscription verso; frame with abrasions, tapped crack in glass center left
