ID 908364
Lot 522 | GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)
Estimate value
£ 160 000 – 250 000
Nu
signed 'G Rouault' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 x 23 3/4 in. (81.2 x 60.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1925
Provenance
Marcel Fleischmann, Zurich, by 1937, until at least 1948.
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York.
Adolph A. Juviler, New York & Palm Beach, by 1959; their sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 25 October 1961, lot 37.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
L. Venturi, Georges Rouault, New York, 1940, fig. 138, p. 76 (illustrated pl. 113; dated 'circa 1930').
L. Venturi, Georges Rouault, Paris, 1948, p. 115 (illustrated pl. 79, p. 101; dated 'circa 1930').
L. Venturi, Rouault, Paris, 1959, pp. 135 & 85, (illustrated p. 84; dated 'after 1930').
P. Courthion, Georges Rouault, London, 1962, p. 436 (illustrated p. 157).
P. Bellini, Georges Rouault, Uomo e artista, Milan, 1972, no. 4 (illustrated).
B. Dorival & I. Rouault, Rouault, l'œuvre peint, Monaco, 1988, no. 994, pp. 236-238 & 298 (illustrated p. 298).
Rouault, Première période 1903-1920, exh. cat., Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1992, p. 225 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Petit Palais, Les Maîtres de l'art indépendant 1895-1937, June - October 1937, no. 3, p. 40 (illustrated).
Boston, Institute of Modern Art; Georges Rouault, Retrospective Loan Exhibition, November 1940 - March 1941, no. 64, p. 29; this exhibition later travelled to Washington, The Phillips Memorial Gallery; and San Francisco, The San Francisco Museum of Art.
New York, Perls Galleries, Georges Rouault, The Later Years, October - November 1960, no. 2 (illustrated; dated '1926-1930').
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Rouault, Paintings and Drawings, August - September 1966 ; this exhibition later travelled to London, Tate Gallery, October - November 1966.
Paris, Musée National d'art Moderne, Georges Rouault, Exposition du Centenaire, May - September 1971, no. 35 (illustrated p. 75).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Georges Rouault, March - May 1974, no. 42, p. 36 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Manchester, City Art Galleries, June - July 1974.
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| Artist: | Georges Rouault (1871 - 1958) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Georges Rouault (1871 - 1958) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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