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Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections

Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections

O'Neill, John P., ed.
1991
216 pages
184 illustrations
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This publication, illustrated with 16 color and 168 black-and-white plates, accompanies an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 10 to June 16, 1991. Nine museums and six private collections have lent to this presentation, which, given the riches of North American holdings, provides a remarkably complete survey of Delacroix's achievement as a painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.

The English scholar Lee Johnson, author of an exemplary catalogue raisonné of Delacroix's paintings, has contributed the two important essays on the artist's life and work.

The Natchez, Eugène Delacroix  French, Oil on canvas
1823–24 and 1835
The Abduction of Rebecca, Eugène Delacroix  French, Oil on canvas
1846
Christ Asleep during the Tempest, Eugène Delacroix  French, Oil on canvas
ca. 1853
Arch of Morning Glories, Study for "A Basket of Flowers", Eugène Delacroix  French, Pastel on blue paper
1848–49
Studies of a Damned Man, for "The Barque of Dante", Eugène Delacroix  French, Pen, brown ink, black wash over black chalk and graphite
1822
Study of Bodies "Liberty Leading the People", Eugène Delacroix  French, Point of brush and brown ink on off-white woven paper
1830
Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters, Eugène Delacroix  French, Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
1832
Study for an allegorical figure of Justice in the ceiling decoration of the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon; verso: studies of allegorical figures, and architectural sketches., Eugène Delacroix  French, Graphite on wove paper
1833
Sheet of figure studies: two studies of a reclining figure, and a seated figure holding a lyre (?)., Eugène Delacroix  French, Graphite on laid paper, mounted on cardboard
Mathurin Régnier, Eugène Delacroix  French, Watercolor and gouache over traces of graphite on wove paper
ca. 1846
Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage", Eugène Delacroix  French, Graphite; squared in white chalk
1845
The Triumph of Genius over Envy, Eugène Delacroix  French, Pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper, mounted on cardboard
ca. 1849–51
A Lion and a Tiger, Fighting, Eugène Delacroix  French, Graphite on wove paper
ca. 1854
"The Swing," after Antoine Watteau (Les Agréements de l'été), Eugène Delacroix  French, Brush and brown wash over graphite on wove paper
1798–1863
Sketchbook with views of Tours, France and its environs, Eugène Delacroix  French, Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
1828–29
Interior of a Military Hospital, Eugène Delacroix  French, Aquatint printed in black ink on heavy wove paper; rare impression
1828 or earlier
Turk Mounting His Horse, Eugène Delacroix  French, Aquatint; probably first state of two
1824
Portrait of Madame Frédéric Villot, Eugène Delacroix  French, Etching; second state
1833
A Jewish Bride in Tangier, Eugène Delacroix  French, Etching; first state of four
1833
Collision of Moorish Horsemen, Eugène Delacroix  French, Etching; only state
1834
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Delacroix, Eugène. 1991. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams.