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Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (Rouen 1791-1824 Paris) Study of a wagon drawn by six horses image 1
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Lot 78

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault
(Rouen 1791-1824 Paris)
Study of a wagon drawn by six horses

5 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (Rouen 1791-1824 Paris)

Study of a wagon drawn by six horses
pencil on paper
19.4 x 40.1cm (7 5/8 x 15 13/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Collection of Marquis de Valori (1820-1883), Paris (L. 2500)
His sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13-14 February 1908
With Galerie M. Gobin, 1935 until at least 1953 (see exhibition catalogue)
Collection of Dr Alfred Scharf (1900-1965) and thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Théodore Géricault, 1791–1824, 30 August - 8 November 1953, cat. no. 130 (lent by M. Gobin)

We are grateful to Philippe Grunchec for confirming the attribution to Gericault upon physical inspection.

Dr Alfred Scharf was an art historian, collector and art dealer who emigrated from Berlin to London in 1933, and he remained there for the rest of his life.

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