M23244: Return from Russia

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M23244

People

Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)
Printed by Charles Étienne Pierre Motte, French (1785 - 1836)

Title

Return from Russia

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Retour de Russie

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1818

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/263133

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph printed in black and ochre on off-white wove paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 44.3 x 36 cm (17 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
sheet: 50.4 × 39.4 cm (19 13/16 × 15 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower center, in stone: Retour de Russie
• inscription: lower right, in stone: Géricault / Au Dépot g. al de lithographie quai Voltaire No. 7

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Paul McCarron in association with Susan Schulman, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1996

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

vi/vi

Standard Reference Number

Clément 12; Rouen 12; Delteil 13; Brugerolles E.10

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Virginia H. Deknatel, David Becker, Alan Dworsky, Mariot F. Solomon, and Daniel Bell, and with the Print Department Discretionary Fund, Director's Acquisition Funds

Accession Year

1996

Object Number

M23244

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Clea Simon, "An Artist of His Times, and Ahead of Them", The Harvard Gazette ([e-journal], September 13, 2018), https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/09/mutiny-is-young-angry-and-taking-on-the-social-issues-of-yesterday-and-today/, accessed September 14, 2018
• "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), repr.

Exhibition History

• Touchstone: 200 Years of Artists' Lithographs, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/15/1998 - 11/01/1998; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 07/17/1999 - 09/26/1999; Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, 09/30/1999 - 12/10/2000; William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Museum, Chapel Hill, 02/04/2001 - 05/13/2001
• 32Q: 2200 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/04/2015 - 07/08/2015
• Mutiny: Works by Géricault, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2018 - 01/06/2019

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