Lot 18
Georges Rouault (1871-1958)
Lot 18 Details
Georges Rouault (1871-1958), French
(FOUR PLATES FROM LE MISERERE, 1922-1927): DEMAIN SERA BEAU DISAIT LE NAUFRAGÉ, PL. 11; FACE À FACE, PL. 40; BELLA MATRIBUS DETESTATA, PL. 42; NOUS DEVONS MOURIR, NOUS ET TOUT CE QUI EST NOTRE, PL. 43 [CHAPON & ROUAULT, 64D; 93C; 95E; 96C]
Four etchings, aquatints, sugar aquatints, roulette, drypoint and heliogravures on Arches wove paper with Ambroise Vollard watermark; the first, signed with initials and dated 1922 in the plate lower left; the second, unsigned; the third, signed and dated 1927 in the plate lower left and titled in the plate bottom margin; the fourth; signed with initials and dated 1922 in the plate lower right. From the book edition containing 58 plates printed by Jacquemin under the direction of Ambroise Vollard, Paris. Published by Editions de l'Étoile Filante, Paris in 1948 in an edition of 425.
Plate/Sheet 20.2" x 14.3" — 51.4 x 36.3 cm.; 25.5" x 19.75" — 64.8 x 50.2 cm.
Estimate $500-$700
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Literature:
Chapon, François and Georges Rouault, Le livre des livres de Rouault Editions Andre Sauret et Editions Michele Trinckvel, Monaco, 1992, pg. 74
Note:
“Due to the fact that a number of proofs were lost or damaged during the war, the edition of Miserere is limited to 425 numbered copies.”