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Georges Rouault

French, 1871-1958

Son avocat, en phrases creuses, clame sa totale inconscience . . . (His lawyer, in hollow phrases, proclaims his entire unawareness . . .) from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy)

Son avocat, en phrases creuses, clame sa totale inconscience . . . (His lawyer, in hollow phrases, proclaims his entire unawareness . . .) from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy)

Son avocat, en phrases creuses, clame sa totale inconscience . . . (His lawyer, in hollow phrases, proclaims his entire unawareness . . .) from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy), 1922 (published 1948)

photogravure, sugar aquatint, drypoint, and copper engraving on Arches paper with Ambroise Vollard watermark

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image area: 21 x 16 1/8 inches (53.34 x 40.9575 cm); plate mark: 21 1/8 x 16 1/16 inches (53.6575 x 40.79875 cm); sheet: 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (64.77 x 50.165 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Frederic P. Norton, 1998

P1998:14.2.19

Inscriptions:

signature, dated / in plate, lower left / GR / 1922

Provenance:

Frederic P. Norton, Kenmore, New York;
December 17, 1998, donated to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

Object Classifications:

Photomechanical prints

Prints

Photogravure (print)

Aquatint (print)

Drypoint (print)

Copper engraving (visual work)

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