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Théodore GERICAULT (1791-1824) The naturalist Kummer in front of King Zaïd Watercolour over black pencil sketch 11 x 16.8 cm Provenance: Alexandre Corréard, Paris (circa 1852), M. Leclère Fils, Paris (circa 1867), Collection Marmontel, his sale in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 11-14 May 1868, lot 163, M. Rouher, Paris Sale Sotheby's London 30 March 1977, lot 109, Sale Sotheby's London 9 July 2014, lot 166 Exhibition: Jan Krugier Gallery, New York & Geneva, Victor Hugo and the Romantic Vison, Drawin,gs & Watercolors, 1990-1991, no.53 ill. Bibliography: C. Clément, 'Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Géricault (2ème et dernier article)', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Octobre 1867, no.126C, C. Clément, Géricault, Etude biographique et critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris 1868 & 1879, pp. 357-358, no.139C (drawings), L. Eitner, Géricault's Raft of the Medusa, London, 1972, p. 173, no. 112 J. Barran, 'Théodore Géricault, illustrations to Alexandre Corréard's Le Naufrage de la Méduse', in The Burlington Magazine, vol. CXIX, no. 889, April 1977, pp. 309-311, Galerie Jan Krugier (ed.), Dix Ans d'activité, Geneva, 1983, no. 7, ill. G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault, Etude critique, Documents et Catalogue Raisonné, vol. VI, 1994, Paris, no. 2119, p.182 ill., Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Berlin, 1999, p. 402, ill. A. Alhadeff, The Raft of the Medusa. Géricault, Art, and Race, Munich & London, 2002, pp. 88-94, fig. 40, ill. Watercolour on black pencil sketch, 4.3 x 6.6 in
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Théodore GERICAULT (1791-1824) The naturalist Kummer in front of King Zaïd Watercolour over black pencil sketch 11 x 16.8 cm Provenance: Alexandre Corréard, Paris (circa 1852), M. Leclère Fils, Paris (circa 1867), Collection Marmontel, his sale in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 11-14 May 1868, lot 163, M. Rouher, Paris Sale Sotheby's London 30 March 1977, lot 109, Sale Sotheby's London 9 July 2014, lot 166 Exhibition: Jan Krugier Gallery, New York & Geneva, Victor Hugo and the Romantic Vison, Drawin,gs & Watercolors, 1990-1991, no.53 ill. Bibliography: C. Clément, 'Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Géricault (2ème et dernier article)', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Octobre 1867, no.126C, C. Clément, Géricault, Etude biographique et critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris 1868 & 1879, pp. 357-358, no.139C (drawings), L. Eitner, Géricault's Raft of the Medusa, London, 1972, p. 173, no. 112 J. Barran, 'Théodore Géricault, illustrations to Alexandre Corréard's Le Naufrage de la Méduse', in The Burlington Magazine, vol. CXIX, no. 889, April 1977, pp. 309-311, Galerie Jan Krugier (ed.), Dix Ans d'activité, Geneva, 1983, no. 7, ill. G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault, Etude critique, Documents et Catalogue Raisonné, vol. VI, 1994, Paris, no. 2119, p.182 ill., Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Berlin, 1999, p. 402, ill. A. Alhadeff, The Raft of the Medusa. Géricault, Art, and Race, Munich & London, 2002, pp. 88-94, fig. 40, ill. Watercolour on black pencil sketch, 4.3 x 6.6 in
