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Georges Rouault

French, 1871-1958

Il arrive parfois que la route soit belle . . . (Sometimes the way is beautiful . . .) from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy)

Il arrive parfois que la route soit belle . . . (Sometimes the way is beautiful . . .) from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy)

Il arrive parfois que la route soit belle . . . (Sometimes the way is beautiful . . .) from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy), 1922 (published 1948)

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

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plate mark: 14 3/4 x 19 15/16 inches (37.465 x 50.64125 cm); image area: 14 3/4 x 20 inches (37.465 x 50.8 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches (50.165 x 64.77 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Frederic P. Norton, 1998

P1998:14.2.9

Inscriptions:

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

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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