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EUGÈNE DELACROIX
Juive d’Alger
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Etching printed in black on cream laid paper, 1833. 213x173 mm; 8
1
/
2
x6
7
/
8
inches, full
margins. First state (a) (of 4), before letters. Edition of 50. Numbered “32” with an ink
stamp, upper right.Aquafortistes watermark. Printed by Delâtre, Paris. Published by Cadart
and Luquet, Paris, for the Société des Aquafortistes. A brilliant, richly-inked and early
impression, extremely scarce in this state.
Delacroix (1798-1863) died at his studio on the rue de Furstenberg, Paris, on August 13th.
Among the contents of the studio were a handful of proofs printed by Frédéric Villot from
six etched copper plates by Delacroix. These plates, including the one for
Juive d’Alger
,
were auctioned in Paris in 1865 along with other property belonging to the printer Villot
and purchased by the publishers Cadart and Luquet. The latter issued impressions from
these plates in an album on May 1865 under the title
Oeuvre unique à l’eau-forte d’Eugène
Delacroix
in an edition of 50 for the French etching group known as the Société des
Aquafortistes, of which Delacroix had been a member. Delteil 18.
[2,500/3,500]
