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Eugène Delacroix (1798 - 1863)

LIONNE DECHIRANT LA POITRINE D'UN ARABE (Lioness Clawing an Arab's Chest). 1849. Delteil/Strauber 25i (of iii). Softground etching and roulette on tan China paper, mounted on white wove, 212 x 280 mm (8 3/8 x 11"), plus small margins. A fine, velvety impression, rare in the first state, before publication in L'Artiste.

Provenance: Marcel Louis Guérin (Lugt 1872b).

This is Delacroix's only softground etching, and the last etching he made.

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