May 01, 2013 - Sale 2312

Sale 2312 - Lot 289

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
EUGÈNE DELACROIX
Hamlet et Laertes dans la fosse d'Ophélie.

Lithograph on cream wove paper, 1843. 282x194 mm; 11 1/4x7 5/8 inches, full margins. First state (of 4), before letters. A superb, early impression of this extremely scarce lithograph.

One of three lithographs Delacroix designed for Hamlet which were ultimately not used in the first edition of 1843. According to Delteil, the first state before letters is "très rare." Delteil 117.