May 04, 2006 - Sale 2078

Sale 2078 - Lot 231

Price Realized: $ 4,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
THÉODORE GÉRICAULT
Mameluck Défendant un Trompette Blessé.

Lithograph on cream wove paper, 1818. 345x280 mm; 13 5/8x11 1/8 wide margins. Two short edge tears, just up to the black border line upper left and right margins. A superb, evenly-printed impression.

According to Delteil, "Très rare." We have found only 8 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years. Delteil 9.