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Tigre dévorant un cheval (Tiger Devouring a Horse)- - c. 1820, Lithograph.

Edition unknown, 3rd state of 3. Clement 97. Signed Volmar d'après Géricault, lower left. Rendering by Joseph Simon Volmar.

Image size 6 1/4 x 8 11/16 inches (159 x 221 mm); sheet size 11 3/8 x 15 3/4 inches (289 x 400 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove paper, with wide margins (2 1/4 to 3 1/2 inches), in very good condition.

$500.


Le maréchal flamand (The Flemish Blacksmith) from the suite Études de Chevaux - - 1822, Lithograph.

Edition unknown, 2nd state of 2. Delteil 85. Lettered: Géricault del. Chez Gihaut, éditeur, Md d'Estampes, b.ard des Italiens No 5. According to Delteil, the lithograph was completed in large part by Leon Cogniet. Published by Gihaut Frères, Paris.

Image size 9 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches (245 x 324 mm); sheet size 15 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (387 x 537 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove paper, with wide margins (2 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches), in excellent condition.

Collections: Art Gallery NSW, Art Institute of Chicago, British Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, RISD Museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery.

$1400.


Garcon donnant l'avoine à un cheval dételé (Boy Giving Oats to a Hitched Horse)-un1822, Lithograph.

Edition unknown, 2nd state of 2. Delteil 89. Lettered: Géricault del, chez Gihaut Editeur. Md. d'Estampes, bard. des Italiens, N 5. According to Delteil, the rendering is by Joseph Simon Volmar. Printed by François de Villain. Published by Gihaut Frères, Paris.

Image size 16 7/16 x 13 1/16 inches (418 x 332 mm); sheet size 20 1/4 x 15 1/8 inches (527 x 384 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove paper, with margins (7/8 to 1 7/8 inches) in very good condition.

Collections: Blanton Museum of Art, British Museum, Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, High Museum of Art, McMaster Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Toledo Museum of Art.

$900.


Deux chevaux de poste à la porte d'une écurie (Two Post Horses at the Door of a Stable)-un1822, Lithograph.

Edition unknown, 2nd state of 2. Delteil 88. Lettered: Géricault del, chez Gihaut Editeur. Md. d'Estampes, bard. des Italiens, N 5. According to Delteil, the rendering is by Joseph Simon Volmar. Printed by François de Villain. Published by Gihaut Frères, Paris.

Image size 13 1/2 x 17 1/8 inches (343 x 435 mm); sheet size 15 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches (400 x 568 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove paper, with margins (1 to 2 5/8 inches), in very good condition.

Collections: Ackland Museum, British Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, Musée du Louvre, Yale University Art Gallery.

$1100.


Cheval de Mecklembourg (Mecklembourg Horse)-un1822, Lithograph.

Edition unknown, 2nd state of 4. Delteil 47. Signed Gericault, lower left. Published by Godefroy Engelmann I.

Image size 7 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches (187 x 235 mm); sheet size 10 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches (270 x 333 mm).

A fine impression, on off-white wove paper, with margins (7/8 to 2 3/8 inches), in good condition.

Collections: Bibliothèque de l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; British Museum; Cabinet des Estampes, Paris; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Musée de Rouen; National Gallery of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Rhode Island School of Design Museum; University of Cambridge Museum; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Yale University Art Gallery.

$450.


Roulier montant une côte (A Cart Driver and a Postilion on a Hillside) from the series Quatre (Cinq) Sujets Divers (Four (Five) Diverse Subjects)(-un 1823, Lithograph.

Edition unknown, 5th state of 5. Delteil 76. Signed Géricault, lower right. Numbered No 15, upper right. Printed by Godefroy Engelmann I; published by Mme Hulin, Paris.

From a series of five lithographs published in Paris in 1823 by Mme Hulin, rue de la Paix no.21. According to Delteil, the series was originally intended to comprise four prints, as indicated by the series title which is printed on the front cover (reproduced in the catalogue).

Image size8 13/16 x12 1/8 inches (223 x 307 mm); sheet size 11 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches (286 x 400 mm).

A fine impression on off-white wove paper, with wide margins (1 1/8 to 1 7/8 inches), in very good condition.

Collections: Art Institute of Chicago, British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, RISD Museum, University of North Dakota, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

$600.


Mazeppa from the series Oeuvres de Lord Byron-un1823, Lithograph.

Edition unknown, 2nd state of 3. Delteil 94. Lettered Gericault, & Eug. Lami 1823; and Litho de Villain, with the title lettering MAZEPPA (ch. XVII); Chez Gihaut Boul.d des Italiens No 5; and the line from Lord Byron's poem: Le Coursier tente de s'élancer sur le rivage qui semble le repousser, ses poils, et sa crinière sont lissants et humides... (Lord Byron). Rendered by Théodore Géricault and Eugène Lami; printed by François de Villain; published by Gihaut Frères.

According to Delteil, the print is part of a series of six lithographs intended to illustrate the works of Lord Byron and published in 1823. Four of them were produced in collaboration with Eugène Lami, the remaining two solely by Eugène Lami.

Image size 6 1/4 x 8 3/16 inches (159 x 208 mm); sheet size 10 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches (273 x 362 mm).

A fine impression on off-white wove paper, with wide margins (1 3/4 to 3 1/4 inches), in very good condition.

Collections: British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

$750.


Intérieur d'écurie voûtée (Interior of a Vaulted Stable)-un c.1823, Lithograph.

Edition unknown, 3rd state of 3. Clement 98. Lettered Volmar d'après Géricault and chez Gihaut bard. des Italiens, N5. Printed by François de Villain; published by Gihaut Frères.

According to Delteil, the lithograph was executed to a great extent by Joseph Simon Volmar.

Image size 8 1/16 x 11 inches (205 x 279 mm); sheet size 11 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches (286 x 400 mm).

A fine impression on off-white wove paper, with wide margins (1 5/8 to 2 3/8 inches), in very good condition.

Collection: Yale University Art Gallery.

$500.


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