Studies of Arab Heads and Figures

after 1832

Not on view

By the time Delacroix returned from North Africa, he had amassed an abundance of reference material, thanks to his prolific sketching. He admitted that it took him years to digest the copious drawings and notations he made during the voyage and to distill them into a significant picture. Accumulative sheets such as this one, which served as collections of subjects initially sketched elsewhere, may have played a role in his extended process of sorting, selecting, and condensing his own drawings.

Artwork Details

Title: Studies of Arab Heads and Figures
Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
Date: after 1832
Medium: Graphite, brush and brown wash, diluted white gouache on tracing paper, laid down
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 3/16 in. (26.4 x 36.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2013
Object Number: 2013.1135.26
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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