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Eugène Delacroix

Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798 – Paris 1863

some Cats and Two Feet Studies of a Naked Man

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size: 220 x 356 mm, 8 3/4 x 14 in.

technique: Pen and brown ink

provenance: Private Collection, Great-Britain;

Description

The originality of the present sheet is the display of the clashing of two universes, a co-existing theme in Delacroix’s work i.e. the Romantic idea which commanded the original illustration of Goethe’s Faust  combined with the sensitive description of the artist’s familiar world. 

Additional information

size:

220 x 356 mm, 8 <sup>3/4</sup> x 14 in.

technique:

Pen and brown ink

provenance:

Private Collection, Great-Britain;