Georges Rouault (1817-1958) - Le dur métier de vivre, Miserere pl. 12, 1922 - Aquatinte sur vergé d'Arches
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Georges Rouault, Le dur métier de vivre, Miserere pl. 12, 1922, aquatint on vélin Arches, limited edition 425 + 25 HC, signed in the plate and dated, sheet 65 × 50 cm.
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Georges Rouault (1871-1958), French painter and printmaker. The hard trade of living..., 1922, plate 12 of the Miserere portfolio.
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette and burnisher on heliogravure, on Arches laid paper. Signed and dated on the plate.
Edition: 425 copies + 25 hors commerce.
Nude bust of an old man, hands clasped, head bowed. One of the plates from the first social part of the sequence, before the War section.
References: Chapon & Rouault 65; Wofsy 119.
Dimensions: sheet 65 x 50 cm; plate 47.6 x 35.8 cm.
State: well-inked print, broad brush-flat areas preserved. Full margins, preserved 'barbes'. Ambroise Vollard watermark visible through transparency. Clean sheet, light overall impression. Not framed.
Seller's Story
Since 2001, Nouvelle Compagnie des Arts Graphiques, is an online gallery, specializing in modern and contemporary original prints and works on paper.
The gallery was founded by Benjamin Sznaper in 2001 and was one of the first Parisian online galleries at this time.
It has since grown to hold a selective inventory of some of the most important original prints and works on paper by the leading artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
These include Andy Warhol, Alphonse Mucha, Joan Miro, Henry de Toulouse Lautrec, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and more.
Our selective inventory is carefully chosen to reach the highest standard in terms of Rarity, Condition, and Prices.
Even if we are an online Gallery it is always possible to meet us and to personally check our inventory in BIARRITZ.
Translated by Google TranslateGeorges Rouault (1871-1958), French painter and printmaker. The hard trade of living..., 1922, plate 12 of the Miserere portfolio.
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette and burnisher on heliogravure, on Arches laid paper. Signed and dated on the plate.
Edition: 425 copies + 25 hors commerce.
Nude bust of an old man, hands clasped, head bowed. One of the plates from the first social part of the sequence, before the War section.
References: Chapon & Rouault 65; Wofsy 119.
Dimensions: sheet 65 x 50 cm; plate 47.6 x 35.8 cm.
State: well-inked print, broad brush-flat areas preserved. Full margins, preserved 'barbes'. Ambroise Vollard watermark visible through transparency. Clean sheet, light overall impression. Not framed.
Seller's Story
Since 2001, Nouvelle Compagnie des Arts Graphiques, is an online gallery, specializing in modern and contemporary original prints and works on paper.
The gallery was founded by Benjamin Sznaper in 2001 and was one of the first Parisian online galleries at this time.
It has since grown to hold a selective inventory of some of the most important original prints and works on paper by the leading artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
These include Andy Warhol, Alphonse Mucha, Joan Miro, Henry de Toulouse Lautrec, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and more.
Our selective inventory is carefully chosen to reach the highest standard in terms of Rarity, Condition, and Prices.
Even if we are an online Gallery it is always possible to meet us and to personally check our inventory in BIARRITZ.
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Artist
Georges Rouault (1817-1958)
Sold by
Gallery
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
425 ex. + 25 HC
Title of artwork
Le dur métier de vivre, Miserere pl. 12, 1922 - Aquatinte sur vergé d'Arches
Technique
Aquatint
Signature
Plate signed
Country of origin
France
Year
1922
Condition
Good condition
Height
65 cm
Width
50 cm
Style
Expressionism
Period
1920-1930
Sold with frame
No
