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Théodore Géricault (Rouen 1791-1824 Paris)
Lot 101

Théodore Géricault (Rouen 1791-1824 Paris)

A groom rubbing down a horse

Closed5 July 2011

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Théodore Géricault (Rouen 1791-1824 Paris)
A groom rubbing down a horse
pencil, light brown wash
11½ x 8¾ in. (29.1 x 22.1 cm.)

Binder Collection, Paris.
Richard Goetz.
P.O. Dubaut (L. 2103b);
Jacqueline Dubaut; from whom purchased by the father of the present owner in 1973.

Specialist note

This composition is known in at least three versions. The present drawing is that which was exhibited as no. 220 in the Gericault centenary exhibition of 1924. It is related to a wash drawing on the recto of fol. 7 in the album of Gericault sketches in the Art Institute of Chicago. A third variant, smaller than the present drawing but also formerly belonging to Richard Goetz, is now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

In a letter to the present owner, dated 27 October 2004, Lorenz Eitner confirmed the attribution of the present drawing to Gericault.