EUGÈNE DELACROIX (CHARENTON SAINT-MAURICE 1798-PARIS... Lot 14

EUGÈNE DELACROIX (CHARENTON SAINT-MAURICE 1798-PARIS 1863) VALMONT Watercolor on paper Studio stamp (L. 838a) lower left Annotated in pencil on reverse: Cours d'eau traversant/une prairie Watercolor on paper, stamp of the studio (L. 838a) lower left, annotated with pencil on the back: "Cours d'eau traversant/une prairie" 10 x 18,5 CM - 3,9 x 7,3 in. Delacroix's uncle, Nicolas Bataille, owned a property in Valmont, near Fécamp in Normandy. Delacroix loved to go there, staying nine times between 1813 and 1850. It was also here that he produced numerous sketches and watercolors of the coast and surrounding area. Here, the flat tints of color are deliberately light, as this is probably a sketch made during one of his walks. Galerie Brame et Lorenceau has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is referenced in their archives.