GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) Arlequin
signed 'Georges Rouault' (upper right)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
15 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (39.7 x 36 cm.)
Painted in 1947
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) Arlequin
signed 'Georges Rouault' (upper right)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
15 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (39.7 x 36 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris. Private collection, Switzerland; sale, Christie's, New York, 14 May 1986, lot 44. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
B. Dorival and I. Rouault, Rouault, L'oeuvre peint, Monte Carlo, 1988, vol. II, p. 217, no. 2258 (illustrated).
New York, Hammer Galleries, Summer Exhibition, July-August 1985, no. 6 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1938 and titled Pierrot).
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