Théodore GERICAULT (Rouen 1791 - Paris 1824) Lot n° 309

Recto : two horses Verso : four studies of horses' heads, a life guard with the rump of his horse and a dog Black pencil 19 x 25,8 cm Annotated on the mount in the lower right corner " Géricault ". Slightly oiled, small stains, restored tear at the bottom (2cm) The recto is a preparation for the lithograph Les Boueux (See Germain Bazin, Théodore Géricault: Étude critique, documents et catalog raisonné, Paris, La Bibliothèque des arts, Wildenstein Institute, Tome VII, 1997, n°2499, p. 205). The bags of oats have been removed from the final composition. The verso is preparatory to the carriage seen in the background of the watercolor "Ploughing in England" (see G. Bazin, opus cit. supra no. 2180, p. 87) and to the soldier on the right of the lithograph "a party of life guards" (see G. Bazin, opus cit. supra no. 2237, p. 107)