May 21, 2020 - Sale 2537

Sale 2537 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 6,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
THÉODORE GÉRICAULT
Chariot Chargé de Soldats Blessés.

Lithograph, 1818. 295x285 mm; 11 3/4x11 1/4 inches, small margins. Second state (of 2). Ex-collection Alexis Hubert Rouart (Lugt 2187a, lower right recto, and Lugt 4898, verso, this impression cited by Delteil); and Henri M. Petiet (Lugt 5031, verso). A superb impression of this extremely scarce, early lithograph.

We have found fewer than 12 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years.

With--Cuirassiers Chargeant une Batterie d'Artillerie, lithograph, 1823. 192x118 mm; 7 5/8x4 3/4 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2). Delteil 11 and 62.