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Georges Rouault

French, 1871-1958

"Il a été maltraité et opprimé et Il n'a pas ouvert la bouche" ("He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth") from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy)

"Il a été maltraité et opprimé et Il n'a pas ouvert la bouche" ("He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth") from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy)

"Il a été maltraité et opprimé et Il n'a pas ouvert la bouche" ("He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth") from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy), 1923 (published 1948)

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

293/425

image area: 22 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (57.785 x 41.275 cm); plate mark: 22 13/16 x 16 3/16 inches (57.94375 x 41.11625 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

P1998:14.2.21

Inscriptions:

signature, dated / in plate, lower left / G Rouault 1923

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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