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il serait si doux d'aimer

1923

Georges Rouault

Associated Names

Georges Rouault

Artist, French, 1871 - 1958

The image is a portrait showing two figures in an embrace. One figure appears to be an adult and the other a child, both with eyes closed. They are positioned closely together, cheek-to-cheek, with arms wrapped gently around each other. The figures are rendered in a monochromatic color scheme and a textured style, against a dark abstract background.

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Artwork overview

Medium

aquatint and drypoint over heliogravure
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1950.1.154
Catalogue Raisonné

Chapon/Rouault 1978, no. 66, State d/d

Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam

Georges Rouault

1923

Miserere

Georges Rouault

1948

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Georges Rouault

1922

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1978

Chapon, Francois and Isabelle Rouault. Oeuvre grave Rouault. 2 vols. Monte-Carlo: Editions Andre Sauret, 1978.

Wikidata ID

Q65072598

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