Seated Clown
Photo Credit: photo: J. Giammatteo
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Seated Clown
193020th century
328 x 228 mm (12.9 x 9 in.)
Georges Rouault, French, (1871–1958)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Color aquatint
Print impression quality:
Very good
Series:
from The Circus (Le Cirque)
Edition:
From Le Cirque, color aquatint by André Suares, unpublished; 270 impressions by Maurice Potin on Rives and Montval papers according to Wofsy; commissioned by Ambroise Vollard, 1930. One of eight completed aquatints for Le Cirque.
Marks:
Signed in plate, lower left: “GR/1930”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Purchased by the donor in Paris in 1961.
Bibliography:
Alan Wofsy, Georges Rouault: The Graphic Work (San Francisco, 1976), cat. no. 208, pp. 66–67; Museum of Modern Art, Rouault Retrospective, 1953, p. 25, plate 6.
Credit Line:
Gift of Wyman W. Parker (Caleb T. Winchester Librarian, 1956–1976) in memory of Jane Kingsley Parker, 1980
Accession Number:
1980.15.1
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Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 328 x 228 mm (12.9 x 9 in.)
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Credit Caption
Georges Rouault, French, (1871–1958) . Seated Clown, 1930. From The Circus (Le Cirque). Color aquatint. plate : 328 x 228 mm (12.9 x 9 in.). DAC accession number 1980.15.1. Gift of Wyman W. Parker (Caleb T. Winchester Librarian, 1956–1976) in memory of Jane Kingsley Parker, 1980. (photo: J. Giammatteo) .