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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
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Exhibitions & Events
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Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Laquais (Footman)

1937

Georges Rouault

Associated Names

Georges Rouault

Artist, French, 1871 - 1958

The image displays bold, curving lines and shapes that interlock to create an abstract composition. It features vivid colors, including red, yellow, and blue, with black outlines defining different sections of the piece. The abstract shapes do not resemble familiar objects.

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Artwork overview

Medium

5-color sugar-lift aquatint on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Mulder in memory of Daniel Jonathan Mulder and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

plate: 35 x 25.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 44.3 x 34 cm (17 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

1990.116.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Chapon/Rouault 1978, State b/b

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1991

Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 348-349, color repro.

Bibliography

1978

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

1991

Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.348.

Wikidata ID

Q74886688

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