Lot 12
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GEORGES ROUAULT | Premier projet pour les "Carnets de Gilbert" de Marcel Arland

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Georges Rouault
  • Premier projet pour les "Carnets de Gilbert" de Marcel Arland
  • ink, oil and gouache on paper laid down on canvas
  • 22 x 28 cm; 8 5/8 x 11 in.
Executed circa 1930.

Provenance

Marcel Arland, Paris
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Bernard Dorival et Isabelle Rouault, Rouault, L'Œuvre peint, vol. II, Monte-Carlo, 1988, no. 2130, illustrated p. 191

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down down on canvas. There is a repaired tear running vertically to the center of the composition with associated retouching visible under UV light. There is a small (1cm) crease to the right part of the upper edge and to the lower left corner. The sheet is light stained. This work is in overall fairly good condition.
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