Provenance
Jules Husson Fleury, called Champfleury (1821-1889), Paris, his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 26-28 January 1891; Henri Vever (1854-1943), Paris (L.2491b); Private Collection; sale, New York, Christie's, 22 January 2003, lot 104A; Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2023, lot 238
Catalog summary
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798 - 1863 Paris Studies of cats, other felines and two female nudes seen from behind Pen and brown ink and wash, over pencil; signed(?) in brown ink, lower right: E. Delacroix and inscribed in pencil, lower left: Champfleury 227 by 318 mm; 9 by 12½ in. Provenance Jules Husson Fleury, called Champfleury (1821-1889), Paris, his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 26-28 January 1891; Henri Vever (1854-1943), Paris (L.2491b); Private Collection; sale, New York, Christie's, 22 January 2003, lot 104A; Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2023, lot 238