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A Wall Decorated in Spanish Tiles

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In A Wall Decorated in Spanish Tiles, Eugène Delacroix gives a patterned architectural surface the full attention of a watercolor study. Blue and yellow ornament stretches around two framed openings, with a green zigzag band near the base. Notes remain in the sheet’s margins, keeping the image connected to the act of recording a particular decorative arrangement.

Dated 1832, the work combines watercolor with graphite. Its flat, organized subject differs from a deep landscape view, inviting the eye to follow repetitions and changes across the wall. Delacroix makes color and pattern substantial subjects in their own right, balancing the regular surface with the interruptions of the openings. The drawing preserves an encounter with architecture through its ornament, allowing a small section of a building to reveal a richly varied visual character.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Eugène Delacroix collection.