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Eugène Delacroix
Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798 – Paris 1863
Branches of Physalis and Daisies
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size: 262 x 402 mm, 10 3/8 x 15 7/8 in.
technique: pastel
provenance: Grasset collection; Pierre Dubaut, Paris; Private collection; Sale Audap-Godeau-Solanet Hôtel Drouot, 3 April 1992 Paris, lot 80; Monsieur Y.
exhibition: Exhibition: Exposition de Peinture Française, Kunsthalle Basel, 1921, n° 93 p. 32; Aquarelles & dessins de Eugène Delacroix, Galerie L. Dru Paris, 1925, n° 23 p. 12; Exposition du 26 novembre au 18 décembre 1937 de Peintures, Aquarelles et Dessins par Eugène Delacroix, Galerie Maurice Gobin, Paris 1937, n° 98 p.15; Les Fleurs et les fruits depuis le romantisme, Galerie Charpentier Paris, 1942, n° 43 p. 7; Commémoration du Centenaire, Exposition Delacroix Citoyen de Paris, Atelier Delacroix, Paris, 1963, n° 175 p. 18; Eugène Delacroix, Kunstmuseum Bern, 1963, n° 218; Eugène Delacroix 1798 – 1863, Kunsthalle Bremen, 1964, p. 210, n° 285
Description
Delacroix used various techniques for his flower drawings: graphite for highly descriptive studies, watercolor for delicate hues, and pastel for softness. The present drawing of Branches of Physalis and Daisy is characteristic of studies in which the sensitivity of the artist prevails over the descriptive aspect: the forms of the leaves are free, the structure of the branches is moving, and some elements are almost left unfinished, like the daisy. One senses the life, spontaneity, and freedom specific to the art of Delacroix. Among the artist’s other pastel studies, we can cite Foliage and Bindweed, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Corner of a Garden; or Study of Hollyhock Stems.
Additional information
| size: | 262 x 402 mm, 10 <sup>3/8</sup> x 15 <sup>7/8</sup> in. |
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| technique: | pastel |
| provenance: | Grasset collection; |
| exhibition: | Exhibition: |












