Art Institute of Chicago

Tiger Resting in the Desert

Eugène Delacroix

Date: 1846
Medium: Etching on off-white China paper, laid down on white wove paper
Culture: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago

Delacroix ably reenvisioned the powerful pose of his Bengal Tiger lithograph for this smaller-scale etching. The impression, on warm paper with plate tone, is particularly reminiscent of the desert setting.

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