Cirque (Circus)

1933

Georges Rouault

Artist, French, 1871 - 1958

André Suarès

Author, French, 1868 - 1948

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 24 aquatints (2 or 3 impressions of 10 compositions, some color and some in black), plus 19 woodcuts (some photomechanically reproduced) on BFK Rives paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    book: 45 × 35 × 6.3 cm (17 11/16 × 13 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.112.32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chapon/Rouault 1978, nos. 198-205

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; bequest of Mrs. Paul Mellon to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1978

  • Chapon, Francois and Isabelle Rouault. Oeuvre grave Rouault. 2 vols. Monte-Carlo: Editions Andre Sauret, 1978, nos. 198-205, plus two illustrations not described.

Watermarks

B F K Rives

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