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Standing Woman in Moroccan Costume

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NOTE: All Giclee prints on PAPER are printed and cut to exact size. If you would like extra paper around your print please let us know. We can add an extra 1/4" or 1/2" of paper on all sides upon request. This selection does not apply for the stretched canvas or framed products.

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A solitary woman stands in wrapped Moroccan costume, bending an elbow with a hand near the chest. Pale pencil marks and spare paper give the figure a restrained setting. Eugène Delacroix makes clothing and the body’s quiet arrangement the center of this study, allowing a particular human presence to emerge without the surrounding activity of a larger scene.

Dating to around 1834, the drawing uses graphite and watercolor on wove paper. Drawn structure and painted color share the representation, bringing different means of observation into one surface. The work’s interest lies in that concentrated encounter with a human figure, where the standing pose and identified costume provide a focus without requiring a dramatic event or an invented biography to give the subject meaning.

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