Georges Rouault (1817-1958) - Chantez Matinez - 1922
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Georges Rouault's 1922 aquatint and drypoint, Chantez Matinez, plate signed in the margin, from the Miserere cycle, offers a refined expressionist impression in an edition of 450.
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Description:
"CHANTEZ MATINES, LE JOUR RENAÎT", Morning songs, a new day is born. (PLATE FROM "MISERERE") 1922. Signed and dated '1922 GR' in plate bottom left, aquatint and drypoint on paper. Image: 50,8 x 36,2cm, sheet: 61 x 46,4cm. On of 450 impressions signed and dated 1922 bottom left in the plate (there are no pencil-signed proofs) for the Miserere, one of the greatest print cycles of his time. Published by Vollard with his watermark 'Abroise Vollard' in the paper.
Dimensions:
50,80 x 36,20 cm
Literature:
Chapron 82a IV/IV, Wofsey 136 ----- Vollard originally commissioned "Miserere et Guerre" to be about 100 images, but then backed off. Rouault worked the plates between 1916 and 1927. He recovered the plates from Vollard in 1947 and published "Miserere" with 58 plates and without Andre Suares' text. They were issued loose, in a cloth case. Many plates were worked as many as 15 times.
Medium:
Aquatint and drypoint
Circa:
1922
Notes:
All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed.
Condition:
Very good impression on watermarked paper with some offset of former passe-partout outside the image.
Description:
"CHANTEZ MATINES, LE JOUR RENAÎT", Morning songs, a new day is born. (PLATE FROM "MISERERE") 1922. Signed and dated '1922 GR' in plate bottom left, aquatint and drypoint on paper. Image: 50,8 x 36,2cm, sheet: 61 x 46,4cm. On of 450 impressions signed and dated 1922 bottom left in the plate (there are no pencil-signed proofs) for the Miserere, one of the greatest print cycles of his time. Published by Vollard with his watermark 'Abroise Vollard' in the paper.
Dimensions:
50,80 x 36,20 cm
Literature:
Chapron 82a IV/IV, Wofsey 136 ----- Vollard originally commissioned "Miserere et Guerre" to be about 100 images, but then backed off. Rouault worked the plates between 1916 and 1927. He recovered the plates from Vollard in 1947 and published "Miserere" with 58 plates and without Andre Suares' text. They were issued loose, in a cloth case. Many plates were worked as many as 15 times.
Medium:
Aquatint and drypoint
Circa:
1922
Notes:
All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed.
Condition:
Very good impression on watermarked paper with some offset of former passe-partout outside the image.
Details
Artist
Georges Rouault (1817-1958)
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Owner or reseller
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
450
Title of artwork
Chantez Matinez - 1922
Technique
Etching
Signature
Plate signed
Country of Origin
France
Year
1922
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
508 mm
Width
362 mm
Style
Expressionism
Period
1920-1930
Sold with frame
No
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