Lot 265
  • 265

Georges Rouault

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Georges Rouault
  • Miserere (Chapon & Rouault 54-111)
  • aquatint and etchings
  • sheets approx.: 655 by 505 mm 25 3/4 by 19 7/8 in
  • overall: 700 by 530 by 110 mm 27 1/2 by 20 7/8 by 4 1/3 in
The complete portfolio, comprising 58 aquatints, 1922-27, numbered 18, from the edition of 425, loose (as issued), on Arches laid paper with the Vollard watermark, with title page, justification and preface by the artist, printed by Jacquemin for Vollard, published by Société d'Edition L'Etoile Filante, Paris, 1948, contained in the original paper wrappers and orange linen-covered portfolio with metal clasp (58 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition, the full sheets. Oil from the ink showing through on the verso of each print and visible on the recto of several prints in the image and along the plate edges. Each sheet with a few inconspicuous, pale fox marks and traces of surface soiling on the recto and verso. Most sheets with faint time-stain at the extreme edges of the sheet and slight undulation. (Plate VIII with a tiny tear at the top edge of the sheet at the right; Plate XV with a tiny tear at the bottom edge of the sheet at center. Plate XXIII with a soft horizontal crease at center. Plate XXVII with uneven discoloration on the verso. ) The box in good condition: the cloth cover with some faint surface soiling and the binding with a spot of faint discoloration. The clasp with some scuffing and signs of oxidation.
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