The Collection of Peggy and David RockefellerEugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
Tigre jouant avec une tortue
Price realisedUSD 9,875,000
Estimate
USD 7,000,000 - USD 10,000,000
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Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)Tigre jouant avec une tortuesigned and dated 'Eug Delacroix 1862.' (lower left)oil on canvas17 ¾ x 24 ½ in. (45.1 x 62.2 cm.)Painted in 1862Provenance
M. Fanien (probably Achille Fanien), Paris (April 1872).(possibly) Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris.Johann Peter Kaspar Meyer, Dresden (by 1885).Dr. von Dietel, Dresden; sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 30 November 1926, lot 11.Paul Cassirer & Co., Berlin (acquired at the above sale).Paul Cassirer & Co., Berlin, and Thannhauser Galleries, Berlin (acquired from the above, by 1927).Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York (acquired from the above, 11 August 1941).Germain Seligmann, New York (acquired from the above, before October 1943).Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York (after 1947); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 11 December 1948, lot 71.Drs. Fritz and Peter Nathan, Zürich.Eugene V. Thaw, New York (acquired from the above, 1965).Acquired from the above by the late owners, February 1966.Literature
C. Ponsonailhe, "L'Exposition de l'oeuvre d'Eugène Delacroix" in L'Artiste, 9th series, no. XXIII, 1885, p. 176.A. Robaut and E. Chesneau, L'Oeuvre complet de Eugène Delacroix, Paris, 1885, p. 365, no. 1352 (illustrated with a sketch)."The Wadsworth Auction: Ancients and Moderns" in ARTnews, December 1948, p. 49 (illustrated; titled Tiger and Turtle).M. Salinger, "The Artist and the Animal: Loan Exhibition at Knoedler" in Arts Magazine, May 1968, p. 29 (illustrated; titled A Tiger Playing with a Turtle).L.R. Bortolatto, L'opera pittorica completa di Delacroix, Milan, 1972, pp. 133-34, no. 799 (illustrated; titled Tigre che stuzzica una tartaruga).M. Potter et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: European Works of Art, New York, 1984, vol. I, pp. 109-110, no. 21 (illustrated; titled Tiger with Tortoise).L. Johnson, The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: A Critical Catalogue, Oxford, 1986, vol. III, p. 31, no. 207 (illustrated, vol. IV, pl. 30; titled Tiger Playing with a Tortoise).Exhibited
Marseille, Galerie de l'union des arts, Exposition de la Société artistique des Bouches-du-Rhône, 1862 (titled Le tigre et la tortue).Paris, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Eugène Delacroix: au profit de la souscription destinée à élever à Paris un monument à sa mémoire, March-April 1885, no. 148 (titled Tigre à la tortue and dated 1858).(probably) Berlin, Thannhauser Galleries, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January-February 1927, p. 54, no. 82 (titled Tiger).Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Schilderijen van Delacroix tot Cézanne en Vincent van Gogh, December 1933-January 1934, p. 11, no. 26 (titled Tijger en schildpad).Kunsthaus Zürich, Eugene Delacroix, January-April 1939, no. 368 (dated 1858).Kunsthalle Basel, Eugene Delacroix, April-May 1939, no. 264 (illustrated; titled Tiger und Schildkröte).New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Eugene Delacroix, October-November 1944, p. 46, no. 40 (illustrated; titled Tiger Playing with a Turtle).Washington, D.C., Phillips Memorial Gallery, Delacroix, January-February 1945, no. 10 (titled Tiger Playing with a Turtle).Cambridge, The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Between the Empires: Géricault, Delacroix, Chassériau, Painters of the Romantic Movement, April-June 1946, p. 10 (titled Tiger and Turtle).New York, M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., The Artist and the Animal, May 1968, no. 74 (illustrated; titled A Tiger Playing with a Turtle).Special Notice
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Please note the estimate for this lot has been revised to USD $7,000,000-$10,000,000
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Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)Tigre jouant avec une tortuesigned and dated 'Eug Delacroix 1862.' (lower left)oil on canvas17 ¾ x 24 ½ in. (45.1 x 62.2 cm.)Painted in 1862Provenance
M. Fanien (probably Achille Fanien), Paris (April 1872).(possibly) Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris.Johann Peter Kaspar Meyer, Dresden (by 1885).Dr. von Dietel, Dresden; sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 30 November 1926, lot 11.Paul Cassirer & Co., Berlin (acquired at the above sale).Paul Cassirer & Co., Berlin, and Thannhauser Galleries, Berlin (acquired from the above, by 1927).Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York (acquired from the above, 11 August 1941).Germain Seligmann, New York (acquired from the above, before October 1943).Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York (after 1947); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 11 December 1948, lot 71.Drs. Fritz and Peter Nathan, Zürich.Eugene V. Thaw, New York (acquired from the above, 1965).Acquired from the above by the late owners, February 1966.Literature
C. Ponsonailhe, "L'Exposition de l'oeuvre d'Eugène Delacroix" in L'Artiste, 9th series, no. XXIII, 1885, p. 176.A. Robaut and E. Chesneau, L'Oeuvre complet de Eugène Delacroix, Paris, 1885, p. 365, no. 1352 (illustrated with a sketch)."The Wadsworth Auction: Ancients and Moderns" in ARTnews, December 1948, p. 49 (illustrated; titled Tiger and Turtle).M. Salinger, "The Artist and the Animal: Loan Exhibition at Knoedler" in Arts Magazine, May 1968, p. 29 (illustrated; titled A Tiger Playing with a Turtle).L.R. Bortolatto, L'opera pittorica completa di Delacroix, Milan, 1972, pp. 133-34, no. 799 (illustrated; titled Tigre che stuzzica una tartaruga).M. Potter et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: European Works of Art, New York, 1984, vol. I, pp. 109-110, no. 21 (illustrated; titled Tiger with Tortoise).L. Johnson, The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: A Critical Catalogue, Oxford, 1986, vol. III, p. 31, no. 207 (illustrated, vol. IV, pl. 30; titled Tiger Playing with a Tortoise).Exhibited
Marseille, Galerie de l'union des arts, Exposition de la Société artistique des Bouches-du-Rhône, 1862 (titled Le tigre et la tortue).Paris, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Eugène Delacroix: au profit de la souscription destinée à élever à Paris un monument à sa mémoire, March-April 1885, no. 148 (titled Tigre à la tortue and dated 1858).(probably) Berlin, Thannhauser Galleries, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January-February 1927, p. 54, no. 82 (titled Tiger).Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Schilderijen van Delacroix tot Cézanne en Vincent van Gogh, December 1933-January 1934, p. 11, no. 26 (titled Tijger en schildpad).Kunsthaus Zürich, Eugene Delacroix, January-April 1939, no. 368 (dated 1858).Kunsthalle Basel, Eugene Delacroix, April-May 1939, no. 264 (illustrated; titled Tiger und Schildkröte).New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Eugene Delacroix, October-November 1944, p. 46, no. 40 (illustrated; titled Tiger Playing with a Turtle).Washington, D.C., Phillips Memorial Gallery, Delacroix, January-February 1945, no. 10 (titled Tiger Playing with a Turtle).Cambridge, The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Between the Empires: Géricault, Delacroix, Chassériau, Painters of the Romantic Movement, April-June 1946, p. 10 (titled Tiger and Turtle).New York, M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., The Artist and the Animal, May 1968, no. 74 (illustrated; titled A Tiger Playing with a Turtle).Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is a lot where Christie’s holds a direct financial guarantee interest.Sale Room Notice
Please note the estimate for this lot has been revised to USD $7,000,000-$10,000,000
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