National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing
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Provenance

The artist; (his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17-19 February 1864, no. 186);[1] (Cadart & Luquet). Detrimont; purchased February 1844 by Henri Rouart; (his sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, 9-11 December 1912, 1st day, no. 190); Lucien Henraux; by descent in his family; sold 1937 to (P. Rosenberg, Paris). Erich Maria Remarque [1898-1970], Porto Ronco, Ticino, Switzerland, by 1938 to at least 1957.[2] (Sam Salz, New York); purchased October 1960 by Paul [1907-1999] Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2006.

[1] Provenance from Lee Johnson, The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: A Critical Catalogue, 1816-1831, 6 vols., Oxford, 1981: 1:no. 25. In the center of the middle stretcher bar is a red wax seal with the initials "ED." A torn label on the painting's stretcher includes the words: "[P]ropriétaire E.M. Remarque, Porto..."

[2] Remarque lent the painting to exhibitions and museums from 1938 through 1957.

Exhibition History

1864
Exposition des Oeuvres d'Eugene Delacroix, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1864, no. 311 of supplement to 3rd ed. of catalogue.
1885
Exposition Eugène Delacroix au profit de la souscription destinée è élever à Paris un monument à sa mémoire, École nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1885, no. 191.
1900
Exposition internationale universelle de 1900. Exposition centennale de l'Art français 1800-1889, Paris, 1900, no. 223.
1930
Exposition Eugène Delacroix. Centenaire du Romantisme, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1930, no. 12.
1938
Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1938, no. 114.
1939
Eugène Delacroix, Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1939, no. 304.
1943
Loan Exhibition of the Collection of Pictures of Erich Maria Remarque, Knoedler Galleries, New York, 1943, no. 3, repro.
1944
Eugène Delacroix 1798-1863. Loan Exhibition in Aid of the Quaker Emergency Service, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1944, no. 1, repro.
1949
Loan to display with permanent collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1949-1956.
1956
XXVIII Biennale di Venezia, Ala Napoleonica, Venice, 1956, no. 3 of the Retrospective of Eugène Delacroix.
1957
Loan to display with permanent collection, Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1957.
1963
Centenaire d'Eugène Delacroix 1798-1863, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1963, no. 42.

Bibliography

1981
Johnson, Lee. The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: A Critical Catalogue. 6 vols. Oxford, 1981: 1:22, no. 25; 2:pl. 20.

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