Definitive study for the Raft of the Medusa (recto) & Study of a man lying down, left arm raised (verso)
Artist
Théodore Géricault(French, 1791–1824)French, 1791–1824
CultureFrench
Titles
- Definitive study for the Raft of the Medusa (recto) & Study of a man lying down, left arm raised (verso)
Datec. 1818
MediumPen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/4 in. (21.9 × 28.6 cm)
Frame: 18 9/16 × 20 7/8 × 3/4 in. (47.1 × 53 × 1.9 cm)
Frame: 18 9/16 × 20 7/8 × 3/4 in. (47.1 × 53 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Stephanie Roach, Directors, in honor of Gary Tinterow
Object number2026.208
Not on view
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1 This drawing was published as part of the catalogue of its 1964 exhibition of works by Géricault. Unclear from whom the gallery acquired this work
Exhibition HistoryParis, Galerie Aubry, Géricault, exh. cat., 1964, Cat. 77, illus.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Géricault, exh. cat., 1971–1972, Cat. 81, illus. (recto)
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Art, 20 ans de Passion: Alain Delon, Dessins, Printemps, 1990, Cat. 43, illus. (recto et verso)
Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Géricault; La folie d'un monde, exh. cat., 2006, Cat. 79, illus. p. 149 (recto)
Published References Published References: Blanc, C. Histoire des peintres français au XIXe siècle, Paris, 1845, vol. I, pp. 427–428 and 442 Clément, Charles. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1867, dessins no. 104 Clément, Charles. Géricault. Étude biographique et critique avec le catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre du maître, Paris: Didier 1868 and 1879, dessins no. 115 Rey, R. “Géricault ou l'archange aboli”, Les Nouvelles littéraires, 12 November 1964, p. 8, ill. (verso) Fischer, J. “Géricault in French Private Collections”, The Connoisseur, January 1965, p. 52 Eitner, Lorenz. “Reversals of Direction in Géricault's Compositional Subjects”, in Stil und Überlieferung in der Kunst des Abendlandes, Berlin: 1967, vol. III, p. 133, note 19 Eitner, Lorenz. Géricault's Raft of the Medusa, London: 1972, pp. 149–150, Cat. 20, fig. 18 (recto) and 60 (verso) Eitner, Lorenz. Supplément au catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Géricault, by C. Clément, Paris: 1973, p. 466, Cat. 406. Eitner, Lorenz. Géricault. His Life and Work, London: 1983, pp. 173, 343, note 102. Grunchec, P. Master Drawings by Géricault, New York: Pierpont Morgan Library and others, 1985–1986, p. 153, Cat. 80, illus. (verso) Bazin, Germain. Théodore Géricault. Étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, Paris, Wildenstein Institute & Bibliothèque des arts, 1997, vol. VI (Le Radeau de la Méduse et les Monomanes), nos. 1964 and 1981, pp. 19, 23, 116–117 and 124, ill. (recto and verso) Buck, T. Géricaults Floss der Medusa 1819–2019, Würzburg, 2019, p. 38, fig. 16 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Recto lower right: [partial, possibly depicting a Strasbourg lily motif]
Catalogue raisonnéL. Eitner, Supplément au catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Géricault par C. Clément, Paris: 1973, supplément, p. 466, Cat. 406.
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