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Study for La Grande Odalisque
Maker
(artist)
1780-1867
1780-1867
Title
Study for La Grande Odalisque
Date of Production
1814
Medium
graphite on wove paper, the upper left corner made up
Dimensions
Height: 21.1 cm
Width: 27.2 cm
Width: 27.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1995.XX.1
Mode of Acquisition
Roger Morgan, purchase & grant aid, 1995
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
From Arabian Nights, 2023:
The odalisque was a recurring subject for French Neoclassical artist Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres, most famously in his painting La Grande Odalisque (Louvre Museum, Paris), for which this sketch was a study.
Ingres never travelled outside of Europe, relying instead on literature and his own imagination for the depiction of this sexually suggestive female nude in an exoticized setting. Devoid of the contextual details of textiles, turban and props, which orientalised the subject in the finished painting, this drawing shows Ingres’s intense focus on the sensuality of her curving naked form. La Grande Odalisque became a reference for numerous artists (among them the Impressionist artist Edgar Degas, who owned this sketch) and established a cipher for “the oriental woman”.
The odalisque was a recurring subject for French Neoclassical artist Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres, most famously in his painting La Grande Odalisque (Louvre Museum, Paris), for which this sketch was a study.
Ingres never travelled outside of Europe, relying instead on literature and his own imagination for the depiction of this sexually suggestive female nude in an exoticized setting. Devoid of the contextual details of textiles, turban and props, which orientalised the subject in the finished painting, this drawing shows Ingres’s intense focus on the sensuality of her curving naked form. La Grande Odalisque became a reference for numerous artists (among them the Impressionist artist Edgar Degas, who owned this sketch) and established a cipher for “the oriental woman”.
Provenance
probably acquired directly from the artist by Louis-Joseph-Auguste Coutan, Paris (1779-1830), L. 464); by descent to his wife, Lucienne Coutan, née Hauguet (1788-1838); by descent to her brother, Ferdinand Hauguet, Antibes (d. 1860); by descent to his son, Maurice-Jacques-Albert Hauguet, Antibes (d. 1889); by descent to his wife, Marie-Therèse Hauguet, née Schubert, Antibes (d. 1889); by descent to her sister and brother-in-law, Jean Schubert and Mme Gustave Milliet, Antibes; Coutan-Haguet sale, Hôtel Drouot (Paris), 16-17 December 1889, lot 239; purchased there via Meyer by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), L. 657 (850 francs); his sale, experts Bernheim Jeune, Durand-Ruel, Vollard (Paris), 26-27 March 1918, lot 204; purchased there by Walter Halvorsen, Oslo (1887-1972)(15,000 francs); Leicester Galleries (London); purchased there by Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947), 1925; bequeathed to his friend, Charles Morgan (1894-1958); by descent to Roger Morgan (b. 1926); purchased from him by The Samuel Courtauld Trust, with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum / Museums and Galleries Commission Purchase Grant Fund, 1995
Exhibition History
Drawing on Arabian Nights, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 22/02/2023-04/06/2023
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Frick Collection, New York, 02/10/2012-27/01/2013
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012 ...More
The Courtauld Collects - 20 Years of Acquisitions, Somerset House & London & England, 17/06/2010-19/09/2010
Michelangelo to Matisse - Drawing the Figure, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20/11/1999-27/02/2000
The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 22/09/1997-11/01/1998
Something for Everyone - Work assisted by the National Art
Collections Fund, Christie's, London, 06/01/1997-26/01/1997
Degas as a Collector, National Gallery, London, 22/05/1996-26/08/1996
Degas as a collector, National Gallery, London, 1996
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
Ingres, Petit Palais, Paris, 27/10/1967-29/01/1968
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948
A century of French drawings from Prud'hon to Picasso, Matthiesen, London, 03/05/1938-21/05/1938 ...Less
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Frick Collection, New York, 02/10/2012-27/01/2013
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012 ...More
The Courtauld Collects - 20 Years of Acquisitions, Somerset House & London & England, 17/06/2010-19/09/2010
Michelangelo to Matisse - Drawing the Figure, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20/11/1999-27/02/2000
The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 22/09/1997-11/01/1998
Something for Everyone - Work assisted by the National Art
Collections Fund, Christie's, London, 06/01/1997-26/01/1997
Degas as a Collector, National Gallery, London, 22/05/1996-26/08/1996
Degas as a collector, National Gallery, London, 1996
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
Ingres, Petit Palais, Paris, 27/10/1967-29/01/1968
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948
A century of French drawings from Prud'hon to Picasso, Matthiesen, London, 03/05/1938-21/05/1938 ...Less
Literature
Messel, Nils, The Impressionist trail: the what, whence and whither of French masterpieces in Norway, Oslo and London 2019
pp. 187-88
Eiling, Alexander (ed.), Degas. Klassik und Experiment, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2014
p. 38
fig. 10 on p. 39
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, Frick Collection, New York and Courtauld Gallery, London London 2012-2013
cat. no. 47
ill. on p. 215 ...More
David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France. Drawings from the Louvre, Morgan Library, New York, 23 September - 31 December 2011
p. 70 under no. 25
Salmon, Dimitri, 'Ingres. La Grande Odalisque' in 'Collection Solo' series, Musée du Louvre, Paris 2006; 31
p. 15
fig. 7 on p. 18
Prat, Louis-Antoine, Ingres, Milan and Paris 2004
p. 78
incorrectly identified as still in a private collection
Michelangelo to Matisse - Drawing the Figure, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999 - 2000
cat. no. 201
ill.
Bajou, Valérie, Monsieur Ingres, Paris 1999
p. 137
The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997-1998
cat. no. ?
p. [?]76 [photocopy cut off]
fig. 359
Thomson, Richard, 'Exhibition Reviews: Degas as a Collector, London' in 'The Burlington Magazine', Aug. 1996 - pp. 553-54; 138, 1121
p. 553
fig. 49 on p. 554
Degas as a Collector, National Gallery, London, 1996
cat. no. ?
p. 24
fig. 24 on p. 26
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 27, pp. 60-63
ill. on p. 61
Dunlop, Ian, Degas, London 1979
p. 197
Ingres, Petit Palais, Paris, 1967-1968
cat. no. 72
fig. 72
Ingres et son temps, Musée Ingres, Montauban, 24 June - 15 September 1967, 1967
p. 56 under no. 51
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
cat. no. 81
pl. 1
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 133
pl. 68
belonging to Charles Morgan
Alazard, Jean, Ingres et l'ingrisme, Paris 1950
fig. CIV
Lemoisne, P.A., Degas et son oeuvre, Paris 1948
vol. I, facing p. 180
A century of French drawings from Prud'hon to Picasso, Matthiesen, London, 1938
cat. no. 87
lent by Samuel Courtauld
Vasari Society, 2nd series, London 1930; XI
p. 15
pl. 14
Lapauze, Henry, 'Ingres chez Degas' in 'La Renaissance de l'Art francais et des industries de Luxe', Mar. 1918 - pp. 9-15; vol. I, no. 3
p. 12
ill. on p. 13 ...Less
pp. 187-88
Eiling, Alexander (ed.), Degas. Klassik und Experiment, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2014
p. 38
fig. 10 on p. 39
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, Frick Collection, New York and Courtauld Gallery, London London 2012-2013
cat. no. 47
ill. on p. 215 ...More
David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France. Drawings from the Louvre, Morgan Library, New York, 23 September - 31 December 2011
p. 70 under no. 25
Salmon, Dimitri, 'Ingres. La Grande Odalisque' in 'Collection Solo' series, Musée du Louvre, Paris 2006; 31
p. 15
fig. 7 on p. 18
Prat, Louis-Antoine, Ingres, Milan and Paris 2004
p. 78
incorrectly identified as still in a private collection
Michelangelo to Matisse - Drawing the Figure, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999 - 2000
cat. no. 201
ill.
Bajou, Valérie, Monsieur Ingres, Paris 1999
p. 137
The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997-1998
cat. no. ?
p. [?]76 [photocopy cut off]
fig. 359
Thomson, Richard, 'Exhibition Reviews: Degas as a Collector, London' in 'The Burlington Magazine', Aug. 1996 - pp. 553-54; 138, 1121
p. 553
fig. 49 on p. 554
Degas as a Collector, National Gallery, London, 1996
cat. no. ?
p. 24
fig. 24 on p. 26
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 27, pp. 60-63
ill. on p. 61
Dunlop, Ian, Degas, London 1979
p. 197
Ingres, Petit Palais, Paris, 1967-1968
cat. no. 72
fig. 72
Ingres et son temps, Musée Ingres, Montauban, 24 June - 15 September 1967, 1967
p. 56 under no. 51
Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, Orangerie, Paris, 1955
cat. no. 81
pl. 1
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 133
pl. 68
belonging to Charles Morgan
Alazard, Jean, Ingres et l'ingrisme, Paris 1950
fig. CIV
Lemoisne, P.A., Degas et son oeuvre, Paris 1948
vol. I, facing p. 180
A century of French drawings from Prud'hon to Picasso, Matthiesen, London, 1938
cat. no. 87
lent by Samuel Courtauld
Vasari Society, 2nd series, London 1930; XI
p. 15
pl. 14
Lapauze, Henry, 'Ingres chez Degas' in 'La Renaissance de l'Art francais et des industries de Luxe', Mar. 1918 - pp. 9-15; vol. I, no. 3
p. 12
ill. on p. 13 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: L.J.A. Coutan (L.464). Removed from a former mount or frame and now mounted with the drawing, stamped in red: Edgar Degas (L.657).
Label: Removed from a former mount or frame, now kept in the object file: printed in black ink: “Ernest Brown & Phillips / The Leicester Galleries / Leicester Square, LONDON, W.C. 2 / TELEPHONE, 6275 GERRARD / Fine Art Publishers / Pictures, Drawings and Engravings / Framing, Mounting and Gilding / Pictures and Engravings Cleaned and Restored / Works of Art Purchased” and added at the upper edge in graphite: “No 110”; printed in black ink and filled in with a typewriter: “MINISTÈRE D’ÉTAT – AFFAIRES CULTURELLES / RÉUNION DES MUSÉES NATIONAUX / EXPOSITION: Centenaire de la mort d’INGRES / AUTEUR: INGRES (1780-1867) / Titre de l’oeuvre: Etude pour la Grande Oda- / lisque dessin / Propriétaire: Londres Grande-Bretagne / Coll. Morgan / No du Catalogue: 72”; printed in black: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / J 1536 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones: - MUSEUM 1871 & 7588”; printed in black: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / F 36696 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones: - MUSEUM 1871 & 7588”; printed in black: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS, / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / A 12299/ 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET [rest torn away]”.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: L.J.A. Coutan (L.464). Removed from a former mount or frame and now mounted with the drawing, stamped in red: Edgar Degas (L.657).
Label: Removed from a former mount or frame, now kept in the object file: printed in black ink: “Ernest Brown & Phillips / The Leicester Galleries / Leicester Square, LONDON, W.C. 2 / TELEPHONE, 6275 GERRARD / Fine Art Publishers / Pictures, Drawings and Engravings / Framing, Mounting and Gilding / Pictures and Engravings Cleaned and Restored / Works of Art Purchased” and added at the upper edge in graphite: “No 110”; printed in black ink and filled in with a typewriter: “MINISTÈRE D’ÉTAT – AFFAIRES CULTURELLES / RÉUNION DES MUSÉES NATIONAUX / EXPOSITION: Centenaire de la mort d’INGRES / AUTEUR: INGRES (1780-1867) / Titre de l’oeuvre: Etude pour la Grande Oda- / lisque dessin / Propriétaire: Londres Grande-Bretagne / Coll. Morgan / No du Catalogue: 72”; printed in black: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / J 1536 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones: - MUSEUM 1871 & 7588”; printed in black: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / F 36696 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones: - MUSEUM 1871 & 7588”; printed in black: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS, / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / A 12299/ 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET [rest torn away]”.
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