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French School, circa 1830

A head study in two positions

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Lot Closed

July 7, 03:04 PM GMT

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3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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French School, circa 1830

A head study in two positions


oil on canvas, unframed

41 x 52 cm.; 16⅛ x 20½ in.

Martin collection, Paris, by 1934 (according to Lem, see Literature);
Private collection, France.

F.H. Lem, 'Le thème du nègre dans l'art de Géricault', in L'Arte, June–July 1962, p. 16, reproduced fig. 17;

G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault: étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné

, vol. 5, pp. 119 and 308, no. 1911, reproduced (as circle of Gericault).