L'Odalisque 1852 Charles Alexandre Debacq This lithograph reproduces Delacroix's painting of the same title that he exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1847, where it was very well received. It was published first in the journal "L'Artiste" on June 27, 1847, but this impression comes from an 1852 publication "Les Peintres vivants," a collection of one hundred prints after living artists. Delacroix had an abiding concern for his legacy and one of the ways he hoped to ensure his reputation was through the circulation of his work in print. The critic Charles Baudelaire recounted that the "liability o
L'Odalisque 1852 Charles Alexandre Debacq This lithograph reproduces Delacroix's painting of the same title that he exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1847, where it was very well received. It was published first in the journal "L'Artiste" on June 27, 1847, but this impression comes from an 1852 publication "Les Peintres vivants," a collection of one hundred prints after living artists. Delacroix had an abiding concern for his legacy and one of the ways he hoped to ensure his reputation was through the circulation of his work in print. The critic Charles Baudelaire recounted that the "liability of painting compared to the solidity of print was one of the constant themes of his conversation.". L'Odalisque. After Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris). 1852. Lithograph on chine collé; fourth state of four. Prints
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