The European Art Sale
The European Art Sale
Property from The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
Théodore Géricault
Cheval écorché
Lot Closed
May 20, 06:43 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
Théodore Géricault
French
1791 - 1824
Cheval écorché
Signed Ge[…] and with the Valsuani foundry mark on the side of the base and numbered 1/15 on top of base
Bronze
height 9 in.; 22.9 cm.
Lefevre Gallery, London;
Alex and Rita K. Hillman, New York, 1960;
Hillman Family Collection, 1968.
Alex and Rita K. Hillman, New York, 1960;
Hillman Family Collection, 1968.
C. Clément, "Géricault," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no. 22, May 1867, p. 465, note 1;
C. Clément, "Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Géricault," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, October 1867, no. 1, p. 353;
C. Clément, Géricault: Etude biographique et critique, Paris, 1868, no. 1, p. 222 and 325;
P. Mantz, "Le Galerie de M. Maurice Cottier," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no. 5, May 1872, pp. 382 and 384;
"Notable Works of Art New on the Market," Burlington Magazine, no. 102, June 1960, pl. XVI, illustration of the wax version;
J. Peignot, "Géricault Sculpteur," Connaissance des Arts, no. 155, January 1965, pp. 46-48;
M.J.A. Schmoll, "Géricault sculpteur: A propos de la découverte d'une statuette en plâtre d'un moribond," Bulletin de la Societé de l'Histoire de l'art Français, 1973, pp. 320-321;
P. Grunchec, L'opera completa di Géricault, Milan, 1978, p. 149;
L.E.A. Eitner, Géricault, His Life and Work, London, 1983, p. 333, note 113;
G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault, Etude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, vol. 5, Paris, 1992, no. 1446, pp. 17-20 and 131-132, illustration of the wax version p. 132;
E. Braun, et al., Manet to Matisse, The Hillman Family Collection, Seattle and London, 1994, no. 19, p. 78, illus. in color p. 79.
C. Clément, "Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Géricault," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, October 1867, no. 1, p. 353;
C. Clément, Géricault: Etude biographique et critique, Paris, 1868, no. 1, p. 222 and 325;
P. Mantz, "Le Galerie de M. Maurice Cottier," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no. 5, May 1872, pp. 382 and 384;
"Notable Works of Art New on the Market," Burlington Magazine, no. 102, June 1960, pl. XVI, illustration of the wax version;
J. Peignot, "Géricault Sculpteur," Connaissance des Arts, no. 155, January 1965, pp. 46-48;
M.J.A. Schmoll, "Géricault sculpteur: A propos de la découverte d'une statuette en plâtre d'un moribond," Bulletin de la Societé de l'Histoire de l'art Français, 1973, pp. 320-321;
P. Grunchec, L'opera completa di Géricault, Milan, 1978, p. 149;
L.E.A. Eitner, Géricault, His Life and Work, London, 1983, p. 333, note 113;
G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault, Etude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, vol. 5, Paris, 1992, no. 1446, pp. 17-20 and 131-132, illustration of the wax version p. 132;
E. Braun, et al., Manet to Matisse, The Hillman Family Collection, Seattle and London, 1994, no. 19, p. 78, illus. in color p. 79.
New York, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, April - May 1972.
The present bronze was cast after a model conceived by the French artist Théodore Gericault circa 1820-1822. The depiction of a flayed horse illustrates the painter and sculptor's deep anatomical knowledge and his fascination with horses, which is also evidenced by the large number of paintings, drawings, and sculptures of the animals that he produced throughout his career.