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SOLD BY THE YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY TO BENEFIT ITS COLLECTION
FERDINAND-VICTOR-EUGÈNE DELACROIX (1798-1863)
Illustrations to Goethe’s 'Faust': 17 Plates
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FERDINAND-VICTOR-EUGÈNE DELACROIX (1798-1863)
Illustrations to Goethe’s 'Faust': 17 Plates
17 lithographs, from the set of 18
1828
lacking the very rare Mephistopheles receiving the Student (D. 63)
including the Portrait of Goethe
on wove paper, without watermarks
a composite set of good but later impressions
with margins
two sheets with paper losses, other minor defects
Images 265 x 354 mm. (and smaller)
Sheets 450 x 315 mm. (and smaller)
Illustrations to Goethe’s 'Faust': 17 Plates
17 lithographs, from the set of 18
1828
lacking the very rare Mephistopheles receiving the Student (D. 63)
including the Portrait of Goethe
on wove paper, without watermarks
a composite set of good but later impressions
with margins
two sheets with paper losses, other minor defects
Images 265 x 354 mm. (and smaller)
Sheets 450 x 315 mm. (and smaller)
Provenance
Walter Bareiss (1919-2007), Tübingen, Germany & Stamford, Connecticut; a gift to the below in 1940 on occasion of his graduation (D. 57-61, 66, 67, 69, 71, 73 & 74 only; the others anonymous gifts).
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (Lugt 2667c); gifted from the above.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (Lugt 2667c); gifted from the above.
Literature
Delteil & Strauber 57-62, 64-74
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