Lot 414
  • 414

Georges Rouault

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Georges Rouault
  • Soldat
  • Signed G Rouault (lower right); titled (on the stretcher)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 12 by 8 in.
  • 30.5 by 20.3 cm

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Murray Rosenberg, New York
Sale: Christie's, New York, November 13, 1985, lot 332
Acquired at the above sale

Literature

Pierre Courthion, Georges Rouault, Paris, 1962, no. 362, illustrated p. 438
Bernard Dorival & Isabelle Rouault, Rouault, l'Oeuvre peint, vol. II, Monte-Carlo, 1988, no. 1815, illustrated p. 142

Condition

Work is in excellent condition. Canvas is not lined. Surface bears an extremely rich and textured impasto. A few minor cracks in figure's forehead, above forehead and in left cheek. Under UV light: a few pigments fluoresce but appear original and no inpainting is apparent.
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