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Artist Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958)

Publisher Ambroise Vollard, éditeur, Paris, 1939

Printer etchings: Roger Lacourière, Paris engravings and text: Henri Jourde, Paris

Author André Suarès (French, 1868-1948)

Date1939

Dimensionsbox: 19 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (488 x 374 x 82mm)
portfolio: 18 1/8 x 14 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (460 x 358 x 57mm)
book: 17 7/8 x 13 5/8 x 2 1/16 in. (454 x 346 x 52mm)
page (untrimmed): 17 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (444 x 336mm)

MediumOriginal prints: 17 hors texte etchings with aquatint (printed twice: once in colors, once in black); 82 wood-engravings, incl. cover (blocks cut by Georges Aubert after drawings by Rouault) Text: letterpress in black with red on the title page (typeface: Elzévir Plantin) Paper: Montval ivory laid paper, watermarked

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMrs. George W. Stevens Fund

Object number

1994.44

Not on View

Published Referencescf. A catalogue of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975, Washington, 1977, no. 2182. cf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The artist & the book, 1860--1960, Boston,1961, no. 272, repr. cf. Johnson, Una E., Ambroise Vollard, éditeur: Prints, books, bronzes, New York, © 1977, no. 201, repr. p. 112. cf. Wofsy, Alan, Georges Rouault: The graphic work, San Francisco, 1976, nos. 336--353, reprs. cf. Wheeler, Monroe, Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators, New York, 1946, p. 110