Georges Rouault
French, 1871-1958
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Cirque de l'etoile filante (Circus of the Shooting Star), 1934-1936 (published 1938)
Artwork Details
Materials
book: 186 wood engravings, seventeen color etchings, seventeen black-and-white etchings with aquatint, and four exhibition proofs of Plate VIII
Edition:
25/280
Measurements
each black-and-white etching (sheet): 17 3/8 x 12 3/4 inches (44.13 x 32.38 cm); each color etching (sheet): 17 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches (44.13 x 34.61 cm); each proof (sheet): 17 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches (44.13 x 34.61 cm); book: 17 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches (44.7675 x 32.385 cm); each print (overall): 22 x 16 inches (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Credit
Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1939
Accession ID
RCA1939:13.11.1-39
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