Georges Rouault. 1871-1958.
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Baudelaire. 1926. Wash and lithographic crayon. Chapon/Rouault 316.ii/iii. 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 (sheet 17 1/2x 13). With the remarque, Fleurs du mal and the artist's monogram in red, but before the letterpress 'Baudelaire' in the stone, lower left. Edition 35 in state ii, 70 in state iii. There was a second unsigned edition of 1,000 proofs. Series: Souvernirs Intimes. Printed on the full sheet of white wove paper. Signed and numbered '30/35' in pencil. $1,250.
Le Jongleur. 1930; Etching and aquatint printed in colors. Etching and aquatint in colours. Chapon/Rouault 199 d. Series: Cirque. Edition 270. 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 (sheet 17 1/4 x 13 1/8). Series: Cirque plate 2. Initialed and dated in the plate, as issued. $4,000.
Notre Dame de la Fin des Terres. (Our Lady of the End of the World). Woodblock cut by Georges Aubert after a drawing by Rouault for the book Cirque de l'Étoile Filante (Circus of the Shining Star). (Paris, 1938), page 155. 6 x 7 3/4. Signed and dated in the block. $2,500.
Intended for issue by Vollard c.1930 but not in fact issued until 1948. Printed by Jacquemin, published by Édition de L'Édition de L'Étoile, Paris. in an edition of 425 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies). Printed on Arches laid paper, with the watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins and deckle edges. Signed and dated in the plate lower left. (No impressions in the published edition were pencil signed).
Qui ne se Grime Pas?(Who Does Not Wear a Mask?) A Self Portrait. 1923. Original etching with aquatint and mixed techniques over heliogravure in black ink. Chapon/Rouault 61c. Series: Miserere, plate 8. 22 3/16 x 17 (sheet 25 5/8 x 19 3/4). Intended for issue by Vollard c.1930 but not in fact issued until 1948. Printed by Jacquemin, published by Édition de L'Étoile Filante, Paris. in an edition of 425 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies). Printed on Arches laid paper, with the watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins and deckle edges. Signed and dated in the plate lower left. (No impressions in the published edition were pencil signed). Illustrated: Passeron, French Prints of the Twentieth Century; Hults The Print in the Western World. $9,750.
"Nous...c'est en sa mort que nous avons été baptisés." Romans 6:3. ("We...it is in His death that we have been baptized.") 1923. Original etching with aquatint and mixed techniques over heliogravure in black ink. Chapon/Rouault 83e. 22 3/16 x 17 (sheet 25 5/8 x 19 3/4). Series: Miserere, plate 30. Intended for issue by Vollard c.1930 but not in fact issued until 1948. Printed by Jacquemin, published by Édition de L'Étoile Filante, Paris. in an edition of 425 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies). Printed on Arches laid paper, with the watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins and deckle edges. Unsigned, as issued. $3,500.
"Obéissant jusqu'&à la morte et à la morte de la croix." (Phillippians 2.8). ("Obedient unto death, and to death on the cross.") 1923. Original etching with aquatint and mixed techniques over heliogravure in black ink. Chapon/Rouault 110b. 22 3/16 x 17 (sheet 25 5/8 x 19 3/4). Series: Miserere, plate 57. Intended for issue by Vollard c.1930 but not in fact issued until 1948. Printed by Jacquemin, published by Édition de L'Étoile Filante, Paris. Paris. in an edition of 425 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies). Printed on Arches laid paper, with the watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins and deckle edges. Signed and dated in the plate lower left. (No impressions in the published edition were pencil signed). $4,000.
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