Eugène Delacroix
Cliffs at Fecamp
Lot #109 |
2026-01-30 |
Sotheby's, New York
Master Drawings from the Collection of Diane A. Nixon
Category:
Works on Paper
Estimate:
USD 60,000 - 80,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N12026
Auction name: Master Drawings from the Collection of Diane A. Nixon
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2026-01-30
End date: 2026-02-04
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 18th Century Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 157 by 205 mm; 6ÂĽ by 8â…› in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
15.875
Width In Centimeters:
20.637
Height In Inches:
6.25
Width In Inches:
8.125
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Provenance
The artist’s studio (L.838a), Atelier sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 16-29 February 1864, part of lot 595 or lot 600; Private collection, France; with W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, Master Drawings 1770-1900 , 2001, no. 22, where acquired by Diane A. Nixon
Exhibited
New York, The Morgan Library & Museum; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings , 2007, no. 81 (entry by Jennifer Tonkovich); Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art; Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Drawn to Excellence: Renaissance to Romantic Drawings from a Private Collection , 2012-2013, no. 83
Literature
Possibly A. Robaut, L'oeuvre complet de Eugène Delacroix , Paris 1885, under no. 1807 ( Falaises et rochers )
Catalog summary
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix (Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798 - 1863 Paris) Cliffs at Fécamp Watercolor and gouache over graphite on pale blue paper; bears inscription on the old backing board: Eugène Delacroix. La falaise de Fécamp 157 by 205 mm; 6¼ by 8⅛ in. Provenance The artist’s studio (L.838a), Atelier sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 16-29 February 1864, part of lot 595 or lot 600; Private collection, France; with W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, Master Drawings 1770-1900 , 2001, no. 22, where acquired by Diane A. Nixon Exhibited New York, The Morgan Library & Museum; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings , 2007, no. 81 (entry by Jennifer Tonkovich); Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art; Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Drawn to Excellence: Renaissance to Romantic Drawings from a Private Collection , 2012-2013, no. 83 Literature Possibly A. Robaut, L'oeuvre complet de Eugène Delacroix , Paris 1885, under no. 1807 ( Falaises et rochers )