Harvard Art Museums > 2005.137: Four Studies of a Severed Head Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Four Studies of a Severed Head (Théodore Géricault) , 2005.137,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/19180. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2005.137 People Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris) Title Four Studies of a Severed Head Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1818 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/19180 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on cream laid paper Dimensions 21 x 28.1 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: lower center : crown over crest, cut off collector's mark: recto and verso: POD [Pierre Dubaut, Lugt. 2103b] Provenance Recorded Ownership History A.M. Mahérault, possibly sold [through his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 27-29, 1880, as part of lot 76]. General Mellinet, sold [through his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 5, 1906, lot 108]. Pierre Dubaut, Paris (Lugt 2103b). [Saidenberg Gallery, New York]. Richard B. Sisson, after 1965, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Richard B. Sisson and through the generosity of Anthony and Celeste Meier Accession Year 2005 Object Number 2005.137 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Charles Clément, Géricault; étude biographique et critique avec le Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre du maitre, Didier et cie. (Paris, France, 1879), no. 435 Exposition d'Oeuvres de Géricault au profit de La Société "La Sauvegarde de l'Art Français", exh. cat., Hôtel Jean Charpentier (Paris, 1924), no. 133 Galerie Bignou (Paris), Géricault, cet inconnu... (1791-1824): Aquarelles, gouaches, dessins..., exh. cat., Villain et Bar (Paris, 1950), no. 51 Théodore Géricault, 1791-1824, exh. cat., Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd (London, 1952), no. 54 Théodore Géricault 1791-1824, exh. cat., Kunstverein Winterthur (Winterthur, Switzerland, 1953), no. 184 Géricault dans le collections privées Françaises, exh. cat., Galerie Claude Aubry (Paris, 1964), no. 71 Lorenz Eitner, Géricault, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA, 1971), no. 89, repr. Charles Clément, Géricault. Etude biographique et critique avec le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre du maître, Léonce Laget (Paris, 1973), no. 435 Germain Bazin, Théodore Géricault: Etude critique, documents, et catalogue raisonné, Wildenstein Institute (Paris, France, 1987 -1997), vol. 6, no. 2050, repr. Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, "Géricault's Severed Heads and Limbs: The Politics and Aesthetics of the Scaffold", The Art Bulletin (December 1992), LXXIV, no. 4, pp 599-618, p. 602, fig. 4 Inken D. Knoch, "Une peinture sans sujet? Etude sur les 'Fragments anatomiques'", Géricault, ed. Régis Michel, Documentation Française (Paris, 1996), vol. 1, pp. 143-160, p. 151, fig. 52 (p. 201) Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2005-2006 (Cambridge, MA, 2007), p. 26, repr. Bruno Chenique and Musée d'art Roger-Quilliot de Clermont-Ferrand, Géricault: Au Coeur de la Création Romantique. Etudes pour le radeau de la Méduse , exh. cat., Nicolas Chaudun (Paris, France, 2012), repr. p. 228, Fig. 24 Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Elizabeth M. Rudy, ed., Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2017), pp. 131, 283, repr. p. 131 as fig. 4 "Géricault's Staying Power", Index Magazine ([e-journal], August 13, 2018), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/gericault-s-staying-power, accessed August 15, 2018 M. J. Andersen, "'Mutiny: Works by Géricault' Review: Equine Passions and Anxieties", The Wall Street Journal (September 10, 2018) Exhibition History Exposition d'Oeuvres de Géricault: au Profit de la Societé La Sauvegarde de l'Art Français, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 04/24/1924 - 05/16/1924 Exposition Gericault: Peintre et Dessinateur, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris, 05/10/1937 - 05/29/1937 Géricault, cet inconnu... (1791-1842): Aquarelles, gouaches, dessins..., Galerie Bignou (Paris), Paris, 05/19/1950 - 06/10/1950 Théodore Géricault 1791-1824, Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd, 10/01/1952 - 11/30/1952 Théodore Géricault 1791-1824, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, 08/30/1953 - 11/08/1953 Géricault dans les collections privées françaises, Galerie Claude Aubry, Paris, 11/06/1964 - 12/07/1964 Géricault, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 10/12/1971 - 12/12/1971; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 01/23/1972 - 03/07/1972; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 03/30/1972 - 05/14/1972 Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/2017 - 05/07/2017 Mutiny: Works by Géricault, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2018 - 01/06/2019 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. 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