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The More Noble the Heart, the Less Stiff the Collar ("Plus le coeur est noble/ moins le col est roide"), Plate XLIX from Miserere
The More Noble the Heart, the Less Stiff the Collar ("Plus le coeur est noble/ moins le col est roide"), Plate XLIX from Miserere

The More Noble the Heart, the Less Stiff the Collar ("Plus le coeur est noble/ moins le col est roide"), Plate XLIX from Miserere

Artist Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958)
Publisher Éditions de l'Étoile filante, Paris, 1948
Printer etchings: Jacquemin, Paris text: Aulard, Paris
Author Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958)
Date1922/1926 (published 1948)
Dimensions23 1/8 x 16 5/8 in. ( 58.5 x 42.5 cm)
MediumEtching, aquatint, drypoint and roulette over photogravure
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineMrs. George W. Stevens Fund
Object number
1983.44BBB
Not on View
Published Referencescf. Blunt, Anthony, Georges Rouault: Miserere, London, 1950.

Wheeler, Monroe and Georges Rouault, "Miserere", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952.

cf. Wofsy, Alan, Georges Rouault: The Graphic Work, London, 1976.

cf. Johnson, Una E., Ambroise Vollard, Editeur, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1977, pp. 147-148.

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