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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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"Les ruines elles-memes ont peri"

1926

Georges Rouault

Associated Names

Georges Rouault

Artist, French, 1871 - 1958

The image is divided into two main sections. The upper section features a portrait of a person with long hair, a beard, and mustache. The lower section shows another person from the shoulders up, wearing a helmet and with a pained expression. Both sections are framed by thick lines and the entire piece is in black, white, and shades of gray.

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Artwork overview

Medium

aquatint, roulette, and drypoint over heliogravure
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1950.1.175
Catalogue Raisonné

Chapon/Rouault 1978, no. 87, State c/c

Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam

Georges Rouault

1923

Miserere

Georges Rouault

1948

Jesus honni ...

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

Q65072673

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