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Spaightwood Galleries, Inc.
120 Main Street, Upton MA 01568-6193; 800-809-3343; email sptwd@verizon.net
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) Original Mixed-Media Intaglios and Lithographs:
from The Passion, Les Fleurs de Mal, Eve Déchue, and Le Jongleur (as well as a Divertissment)
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Christ among the poor (C&R 258). Original etching and aquatint, 1935. 40 impressions in black & white as ours and 245 impressions in color for The Passion, published by Vollard in 1939. All impressions signed in the plate with the monogram and dated in the plate. There were also 25 impressions HC. The color plates were made by Roger Lacourier from Rouault's hand-painted key plate or from Rouault's gouache under Rouault's supervision. Image size: 306x215mm. Price: SOLD
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Paysans / Countrymen (C&R 260b). Original color and aquatint, 1936. 40 impressions in black & white and 245 impressions in color for The Passion, published by Vollard in 1939. All impressions signed in the plate with the monogram and dated in the plate. There were also 25 impressions HC. The color plates were made by Roger Lacourier from Rouault's hand-painted key plate or from Rouault's gouache under Rouault's supervision. Signed and dated "GR 1936" in the plate lower right. Image size: 328x232mm. Price: $4250.
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Christ et la Sainte Femme / Christ and the Holy Woman (C&R 261b). Original color and aquatint, 1935. 40 impressions in black & white and 245 impressions in color for The Passion, published by Vollard in 1939. All impressions signed in the plate with the monogram and dated in the plate. There were also 25 impressions HC. The color plates were made by Roger Lacourier from Rouault's hand-painted key plate or from Rouault's gouache under Rouault's supervision. Signed and dated "GR 1936" in the plate lower left. Our impression was included in a major retrospective of Rouault's prints at the Seton Hall University Art Museum during the Autemn of 2008. The Exhibition also included many works borrowed from other museums, including a large group from the Pompidou Museum in Paris. There is a full-page color illustration of this work in François Chapon's Le livre des livres de Rouault (Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1992), p. 167. Image size: 310x208mm. Price: $5500.
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Christ au faubourg / Christ in the Neighborhood (C&R 262). Original etching and aquatint, 1935. 40 impressions in black & white as ours and 245 impressions in color for The Passion, published by Vollard in 1939. All impressions signed in the plate with the monogram and dated in the plate. There were also 25 impressions HC. The color plates were made by Roger Lacourier from Rouault's hand-painted key plate or from Rouault's gouache under Rouault's supervision. Image size: 295x195mm. Price: $1800.
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Christ au faubourg / Christ in the Neighborhood (C&R 262). Original aquatint, hand-painted by Rouault with gouache & watercolor, 1935. 40 impressions in black & white and 245 impressions in color for The Passion, published by Vollard in 1939. All impressions signed in the plate with the monogram and dated in the plate. There were also 25 impressions HC. The color plates were made by Roger Lacourier from Rouault's hand-painted key plate (shown below) under Rouault's supervision. Ours is a beautiful hand-painted proof in colors different than those in the final version of the color print. A unique trial proof. Image size: 295x195mm. Price: $25,000.
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Christ au faubourg / Christ in the Neighborhood (C&R 262). Original aquatint, hand-painted by Rouault with gouache & watercolor, 1935. 40 impressions in black & white and 245 impressions in color for The Passion, published by Vollard in 1939. All impressions signed in the plate with the monogram and dated in the plate. There were also 25 impressions HC. The color plates were made by Roger Lacourier from Rouault's hand-painted key plate (shown below) under Rouault's supervision. Ours is a beautiful hand-painted proof in colors different than those in the final version of the color print. A unique trial proof. Image size: 295x195mm. Price: $25,000.
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Christ au faubourg / Christ in the Neighborhood (C&R 262). Original aquatint and etching mixed-media, 1935. 40 impressions in black & white and 245 impressions in color for The Passion, published by Vollard in 1939. All impressions signed in the plate with the monogram and dated in the plate. There were also 25 impressions HC. The color plates were made by Roger Lacourier from Rouault's hand-painted key plate under Rouault's supervision. This is the final version that was published in The Passion. Image size: 295x195mm. Price: $5500.
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Les Trois Croix / The Three Crosses (C & R 283b). Original color aquatint, 1937. Printed in 1937 for Ambroise Vollard by Robert Lacourière in an edition of 225 unsigned impressions on Montval intended for Vollard's proposed edition, which ultimately fell through due to his death in an automobile accident in 1939. Les Fleurs de Mal 1936-38 (En Couleurs) contained all 12 of the color aquatinits that were completed from 1926-1928. There were also 50 sets of the black plate only. A brilliant impression with rich colors in very good condition except for a very thin stain along the extreme left margin. There is a color illustration of this work in François Chapon's Le livre des livres de Rouault (Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1992), p. 134. Image size: 304x218mm. Price: $5500.
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"Fiere autant qu'un vivant, de sa noble stature..." / "As proud as if she were still alive of her noble descent" (C & R 277b). Original color aquatint, 1937. Printed in 1937 for Ambroise Vollard by Robert Lacourière in an edition of 225 unsigned impressions on Montval intended for Vollard's proposed edition, which ultimately fell through due to his death in an automobile accident in 1939. Les Fleurs de Mal 1936-38 (En Couleurs) contained all 12 of the color aquatinits that were completed from 1926-1928. There were also 50 sets of the black plate only. A brilliant impression with rich colors in very good condition except for a very thin stain along the extreme left margin. There is a color illustration of this work in François Chapon's Le livre des livres de Rouault (Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1992), p. 134. Image size: 300x214mm. Price: $3750.
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Squelette (C & R 222). Original aquatint, 1926. Printed in 1927 for Ambroise Vollard by Jacquemin in an edition of 425 impressions intended for Vollard's proposed edition, which ultimately fell through due to his death in an automobile accident in 1939. The prints were not published until 1966 by Fequet et Baudier in Paris. Quatorze Planche Gravées Pour Les Fleurs de Mal contained all 14 of the black and white aquatinits which were completed from 1926-1928. A brilliant impression in very good condition. Illustrated Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1971. Image size: 350x225mm. Price: $2500.
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Eve Déchue / Eve after the Fall (C & R 334 i/iii). Original lithograph, 1927-1929. From 1925 to 1933, while he was finishing the Miserere, Rouault produced several smaller series and single pieces via lithography, of which this is one. Published by Edmond Frappier (who published the majority of Rouault's lithographs: 35), this work shares a format with a number of others, but was not a part of any series. The first state (from which our impression comes) consisted of 10 signed impressions plus several proofs, the second state exists in only 2 signed trial proofs, and the final state like the first contained only 10 signed impressions plus several proofs. The first state is darkest, the next two were a bit lighter, the second more so than the third. Ours is a brilliant contrasty impression in very good condition of this very rare work in what we believe to be its strongest state. Although most of Rouault's mixed-media intaglios in series were unsigned, the signature on this piece matches those that appear on lithographs of this period, all of which were also signed in pencil. In the lower right corner is the blindstamp of the "Galerie des Peintres-Maitres Paris." Paper size: 500x325mm. Image size: 350x225mm. Price: $3000.
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Le Jongleur / The Juggler (C & R 350). Original lithograph, 1927. From 1925 to 1933, while he was finishing the Miserere, Rouault produced several smaller series and single pieces via lithography, of which this is one. , this work shares a format with a number of others, but was not a part of any series. The first state (from which our impression comes) seems to exist only in the form of our proof (at least no trial proofs were known to Chapon & Rouault). The final state added color and was part of a collaborative work by twenty artists and authors entitled Tableaux de Paris published by Emile Paul contained 200 examples on Arches and 25 on Japon Imperial plus several examples on both papers for the collaborators. In the published version, colors were added to the juggler's skin, the tunic that he wears, and beneath his arms and outside his legs. The white space at bottom where the work was signed and dated 1921 in our proof has been darkened and the date chaged to 1927. Paper size: 325x250mm. Image size: 230x160mm. Price: $1750.
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Mangetout / The Glutton (Le Livre des Livres de Rouault, pp. 186, 192). Photolithograph, 1943. Published in Divertissement / Entertainment (Paris: Teriade, 1943). Edition: 1240 numbered copies of the portfolio, 40 with a suite on old China paper and 1200 on Arches, of which ours is one. There were also 30 Roman-numeral numbered portfolios. Our impression is on Arches. Signed in the plate lower left. For this portfolio of entertainments, Rouault gave some gouaches to Draeger Frères to be engraved. They are made to look as much like gouaches as possible, and even under 10x magnification, one must work hard to accept that these are in fact reproductions of gouaches and not the things themselves. On the verso of each page is a reproduction of the title in Rouault's handwriting (see below). In the catalogue raisonné of Rouault's artist's books, Mangetout is given an entire page to itself; on the facing page, there are four smaller reproductions of additional works Paper size: 424x325mm. Image size: 302x220mm. Price: $850.
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Mangetout / The Glutton (Le Livre des Livres de Rouault, pp. 186, 192). Photolithograph, 1943. Published in Divertissement / Entertainment (Paris: Teriade, 1943). Edition: 1240 numbered copies of the portfolio, 40 with a suite on old China paper, 1200 on Arches (of which ours is one), and 30 Roman-numeral numbered portfolios.To the left is a reproduction of the reverse side of Mangetout. It is white; the side where the image is mounted has been colored greyish tan.
On the verso of each page is a reproduction of the title in Rouault's handwriting (see below). Paper size: 424x325mm.
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