Eugène Delacroix

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Eugène Delacroix
1798-1863
Studies of a Cat
1830s
Pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper.
7 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches (190 x 282 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.69

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Inscribed by the artist at upper right, "Patte dedevant. gauche."

Provenance: 
Delacroix sale (atelier stamp E.D. at lower left; Lugt. S. 838a), 22-27 February 1864, probably part of lot 509; National Arts Club, New York; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 96, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw. Part II. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985, no. 40.

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