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Georges Rouault

French, 1871-1958

"Des ongles et du bec" ("With tooth and nail") from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy)

"Des ongles et du bec" ("With tooth and nail") from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy)

"Des ongles et du bec" ("With tooth and nail") from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy), 1926 (published 1948)

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

293/425

image area: 22 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches (57.785 x 44.45 cm); plate mark: 22 13/16 x 17 5/8 inches (57.94375 x 44.7675 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

P1998:14.2.50

Inscriptions:

signature, dated / in plate, center left (along shoulder) / 1926 / G Rouault

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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