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Eugène Delacroix
1798-1863
A Man of Tangier
1832
Watercolor over graphite.
10 9/16 x 7 5/16 inches (268 x 187 mm); in decorative frame: 19 x 15 3/4 x 2 inches
Thaw Collection.
2017.63
Inscription:
Lightly inscribed in pencil at upper left, "Bajador / Cedria".
Provenance:
Delacroix atelier sale, 1864 (Lugt 838a); A. Robaut, Paris (catalogues for his sales of 2 December 1907 and 18 December 1907 do not include this drawing); P.-A. Chéramy, Paris; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14-16 April 1913, in lot 98 ("Types marocains"; marginal notation in Frick Library copy "1.700 Grat"); Marcel Guèrin, Paris, Hector Brame, Paris; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Bibliography:
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 95, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 83.
Associated names:
Robaut, Alfred, 1830-1909, former owner.
Chéramy, Paul Arthur, former owner.
Guérin, Marcel, 1873-1948, former owner.
Brame, Hector, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
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