Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863)

Tiger taking its dash, 1848 Pastel, signed lower left. 14 x 21.5 cm (at sight) 15 x 22 cm (the sheet) Provenance: - Sale Baron de C.., 22 January 1858 (150 Fr.) - Sale Sensier, 12 December 1877 (650 Fr. to Brame) - Sale Marmontel, January 1883 (670 Fr. to M. le Docteur Goujon) Bibliography: - E. Delacroix and his work by Adolphe Moreau, Librairie des Bibliophiles, Paris, 1873, described on page 293 - The complete works of Eugène Delacroix - Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, Lithographs catalogued and illustrated by Alfred Robaut, Charavay Frères Éditeurs, Paris 1885, described and reproduced on page 280 under n°1057 with commentary: Nothing more supple than this noble animal about to pounce, nothing more shimmering than its orange-red robe, which comes off in a soft and warm tone of sunny lawns. Misty hills get lost in a blue sky. - Delacroix has reproduced this same movement several times by changing the accessories. The most important of these variations is the "Tiger and the Serpent", a painting now in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection). Warning: no bids will be taken on Drouot Live for this lot.