Arabs of Oran, 1833

  • Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863

Etching, roulette, and drypoint printed in black ink on chine collé

  • Plate: 6 7/8 × 8 1/2 inches (17.5 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 8 3/8 × 11 3/4 inches (21.3 × 29.8 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S355

Signed in plate, lower right of image: Eug Delacroix

Scripps stamp, verso (Lugt Suppl 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp] DIA stamp in red, verso

Inscribed, titled in plate below image, lower center of chine: Arabes d' Oran. In brown ink, verso: Vente Villot. 9 al 11 Dbre 1875, no 403. Verso: FBR

J. Villot

May 1894, Peoli Sale (New York, New York, USA). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Eugène Delacroix, Arabs of Oran, 1833, etching, roulette, and drypoint printed in black ink on chine collé. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S355.