Studies of male heads and a standing male figure

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Delacroix executed the variety of figures and heads that occupy the center of this sheet with the utmost economy of means. With a few strokes of his brush dipped in gray wash, he conveys a host of characters and expressions. The layered splotches of color that border the right and left sides show how the artist blotted and tested his watercolors.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Studies of male heads and a standing male figure
  • Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
  • Medium: Brush and gray wash, watercolor on laid paper
  • Dimensions: 8-1/2 x 13-7/8 in. (21.6 x 35.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
  • Object Number: 1975.131.105
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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