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. $1,450.

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 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).

Miserere et Guerre

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.

Réincarnations du Père Ubu.

Réincarnations du Père Ubu. 1918-19. Etching, sugar-lift aquatint, roulette and woodcut. Chapon-Rouault 8-30. Sheet size: 17 x 12 3/4. Complete set of twenty-two etchings and aquatints, hors-texte, and 104 wood engravings en-texte by Georges Aubert after drawings by Rouault. Example number 179 from the edition of 200 on papier àla marque de la Manufacture Royale de Vidalon avec la suite sur Arches et Rives (total edition 305). Initialed and dated in the plate or the block. $9,500 the complete set. (The plates are not sold individually.)

Plate 1. Frontispiece. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 8.d. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 11 7/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 17 x 13 1/8). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Rives' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left.

Plate 2. Fléau Colon. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 9.d. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 12 x 7 5/8 (sheet 17 x 12 7/8). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left.

Plate 3. Bon Candidat Boudoubadabou. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 10.e. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 11 13/16 x 7 5/8 (sheet 17 x 12 3/4). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left.

Plate 4. Le Politicard. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 11.d. Etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 11 11/16 x 7 5/8 (sheet 17 x 12 13/16). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower center.

Plate 5. Bon Électeur. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 12.e. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 10 5/8 x 6 15/16 (sheet 17 x 12 7/8). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left. Initialed, lower right.

Plate 6. Le Pere Ubu Chantre. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 13.c. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 12 1/8 x 7 11/16 (sheet 17 1/16 x 12 3/4). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left.

Plate 7. Profil. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 14.e. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 11 3/4 x 7 3 /4 (sheet 17 1/4 x 12 1/8). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed in the plate, bottom center.

Plate 8. Le Noir Libéré. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 15.c. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 8 7/16 x 11 15/16 (sheet 13 1/16 x 17). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower right.

Plate 9. L'Administrateur Colonial. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 16.e. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 10 1/2 x 6 5/8 (sheet 17 x 12 7/8). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left.

Plate 10. Incantation. 1928 (published 1932). Chapon-Rouault 17.e. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. . 11 5/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 17 x 12 3/4). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom center.

Plate 11. [Bamboula]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 18.e. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 11 3/4 x 6 (sheet 17 x 12 15/16). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom right.

Plate 12. [Nu]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 19.e. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 (sheet 17 x 13). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom right.

Plate 13. Paysage Tropical. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 20.f. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 11 3/4 x 7 3/8 (sheet 17 x 13). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom left.

Plate 14. Cristal de Roche. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 21.d. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 12 3/8 x 7 15/16 (sheet 17 x 12 7/8). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom right.

Plate 15. [Mademoiselle Irma]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 22.d. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 11 7/8 x 7 1/8 (sheet 17 x 12 7/8). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom right.

Plate 16. [Le Poisson Volanti]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 23.c. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 (sheet 12 3/4 x 17). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom center.

Plate 17. [Noces]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 24.d. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 12 3/16 x 8 7/8 (sheet 17 x 12 15/16). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom center.

Plate 18. [Les Deux Matrones]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 25.e. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 10 5/8 x 7 7/16 (sheet 17 1/16 x 13). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, on top towards the right.

Plate 19. [Sainte-Nitouche]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 26.b. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 10 x 6 1/2 (sheet 17 1/16 x 13). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom left.

Plate 20. [Le Directeur de Théâtre]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 27.c. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 11 7/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 17 x 13 1/16). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Arches' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower middle right.

Plate 21. [Nu Assis]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 28.f. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 10 9/16 x 6 5/8 (sheet 17 x 13 1/16). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Rives' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, upper middle left.

Plate 22. [Fille au Grand Chapeau]. 1928. Chapon-Rouault 29.e. Heliogravure, etching soft-ground, roulette and aquatint. 11 11/16 x 7 7/8 (sheet 17 x 13 1/8). Series: Réincarnations du Père Ubu. Edition 305. Printed on the full sheet of 'Rives' laid paper. Initialed and dated in the plate, bottom right.

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