ID 878495 
Lot 12  | THÉODORE GÉRICAULT (FRENCH, 1791-1824)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000 
Étalon Anglo-Arabe (dans les écuries impériales de Versailles)
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (46 x 55.7 cm)
Painted circa 1813.
The painting is presented here in a French, Louis XIV, carved oak and gilded frame, lent by Arnold Wiggins & Sons. This frame is not sold with the present lot, but is available for separate purchase. Please contact the department for further information.
Provenance
René Longa.
P. Dubaut (according to a wax seal on the stretcher).
Hans E. Bühler, Winterthur.
His sale; Christie's, London, 15 November 1985, lot 19, where purchased by the father of the present owner.
Literature
P. Dubault and P. Nathan, Géricault, 1791-1824: Sammsung Hans E. Bühler, Winterthur, Switzerland, 1956, no. 18, as Étalon Anglo-Arabe dans les écuries impériales de Versailles, illustrated.
L. Eitner, 'A rediscovered painting by Géricault', in The Stanford Museum, IV/V, 1975, pp.10, note 4, 11, note 14.
P. Grunchec, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Géricault, Paris, 1978, pp. 94-5, no. 58, as Etalon Anglo-Arabe, illustrated.
L. Eitner, Géricault, His Life and Work, London, 1983, p. 327, note 97.
G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault, étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, vol. III, Paris, 1989, pp. 25, 129, no. 666, as Cheval bai dans une Écurie, illustrated.
P. Grunchec, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Géricault, Paris, 1991, pp. 94-5, no. 58, as Etalon Anglo-Arabe, illustrated.
Exhibited
Winterthur Kunstmuseum, Switzerland, Théodore Géricault, 1791-1824, 30 August - 8 November 1953, no. 69.
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