Artworks · Georges Rouault

Headpiece (page 105) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 4 3/8 × 7 7/8" (11.1 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Plate (page 8) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 11 7/8 × 7 13/16" (30.1 × 19.8 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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In-text plate (page 99) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 1 7/16 × 7 15/16" (3.6 × 20.1 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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In-text plate (page 167) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 3 × 7 15/16" (7.6 × 20.2 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Plate (page 74) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 11 13/16 × 7 7/8" (30 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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In-text plate (page 146) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 3 1/4 × 7 7/8" (8.3 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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In-text plate (page 86) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 2 3/8 × 7 7/8" (6 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Plate (page 118) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 11 3/4 × 7 13/16" (29.8 × 19.8 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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L'Italienne

1937 · Oil on canvas

40.3 × 29.5 cm (15 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

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The Dwarf

1937 · Oil on paper, lined to canvas

69.2 × 50 cm (27 1/4 × 19 3/4 in.)

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The Three Judges

1936 · Oil paint on board mounted on mahogany panel

support: 812 x 666 x 37 mm frame: 970 x 820 x 132 mm

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Passion, plate eleven from Les Fleurs du Mal

1936 · Etching and color aquatint on off-white wove paper

32 × 21.5 cm (12 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

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Christ on the Cross

1936 · Color aquatint and sugar left etching on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 65.4 × 48.7 cm (25 3/4 × 19 3/16 in.); Sheet: 78.2 × 56.9 cm (30 13/16 × 22 7/16 in.)

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The Executioner's Helper (Carrying One of the Boards of the Cross), plate sixteen from The Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 30.5 × 21.2 cm (12 1/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Plate: 31.2 × 21.8 cm (12 5/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 34 cm (17 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Christ and Disciples, plate fifteen from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 30 × 21.3 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Plate: 30.8 × 22 cm (12 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 44.6 × 34.1 cm (17 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Christ and Mammon, plate fourteen from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 30 × 31 cm (11 13/16 × 12 1/4 in.); Plate: 30.8 × 21.8 cm (12 3/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 34 cm (17 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Lady with a Bonnet, plate twelve from Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 31 × 21 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 21.5 cm (12 7/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 34 cm (17 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Christ (in Profile), plate nine from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 31.2 × 21 cm (12 5/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 32 × 21.6 cm (12 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 44 × 34 cm (17 3/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Encounter, plate thirteen from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 30.7 × 21.6 cm (12 1/8 × 8 9/16 in.); Plate: 31.6 × 22 cm (12 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 44.4 × 33.7 cm (17 1/2 × 13 5/16 in.)

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Fisherman, plate ten from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 31 × 21.5 cm (12 1/4 × 8 1/2 in.); Platle: 31.6 × 28.1 cm (12 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 44.1 × 34 cm (17 3/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Ecce Dolor, plate eight from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 30.6 × 21.2 cm (12 1/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Plate: 31.2 × 22 cm (12 5/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 34.3 cm (17 9/16 × 13 9/16 in.)

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Ecce Homo, plate six from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 31.8 × 20 cm (12 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 32.5 × 20.8 cm (12 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 34 cm (17 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Old Man Walking, plate seven from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 31.2 × 21.8 cm (12 5/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Plate: 32 × 22.3 cm (12 5/8 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 34 cm (17 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Christ and a Holy Woman, plate four from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 30.9 × 20.8 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Plate: 31.6 × 21 cm (12 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 34 cm (17 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Peasants, plate three from the Passion

1936 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 32.6 × 23 cm (12 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 33.5 × 24 cm (13 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 44.4 × 34 cm (17 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)

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La Petite Ecuyère (The Little Equestrienne) (plate facing page 30) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1936 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 3/8 × 8 1/8" (31.5 × 20.7 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Head of a Woman

1935 · Oil on canvas

64.8 × 49.5 cm (25 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)

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Christ at the Village Gates, frontispiece from The Passion

1935 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 31 × 22 cm (12 1/4 × 8 11/16 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 22.5 cm (12 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 34 cm (17 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Apache… A Jackal blessed by all Academies, plate eleven from The Passion

1935 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 31.3 × 20.5 cm (12 3/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Plate: 32.2 × 21 cm (12 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44 × 34 cm (17 3/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Christ and the Poor, plate five from the Passion

1935 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 29.5 × 20.8 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Plate: 30.4 × 21.4 cm (12 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 44 × 33.8 cm (17 3/8 × 13 5/16 in.)

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Vagabond, plate two from The Passion

1935 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 29.9 × 20.3 cm (11 13/16 × 8 in.); Plate: 30.5 × 21 cm (12 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 33.9 cm (17 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.)

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Black Pierrot, plate two from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1935 · Color aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.3 × 20.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 in.); Plate: 30.9 × 21 cm (12 3/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 34 cm (17 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Christ in Faubourg, plate one from The Passion

1935 · Color aquatint on tan laid paper

Image: 29.8 × 20.3 cm (11 3/4 × 8 in.); Plate: 30.4 × 21 cm (12 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 33.6 cm (17 1/2 × 13 1/4 in.)

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Black Pierrot, plate two from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1935 · Aquatint in black on tan wove paper

Image: 29.8 × 19.8 cm (11 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.); Plate: 30.2 × 20.7 cm (11 15/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 32.5 cm (17 7/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

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Sleep My Love, plate seventeen from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1935 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.6 × 21 cm (12 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 31.7 × 21.7 cm (12 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Pierrot, plate fourteen from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1935 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 20.5 cm (12 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Plate: 31.2 × 21.4 cm (12 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43.9 × 30.4 cm (17 5/16 × 12 in.)

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The Passion

1935 · Book with text and wood engravings on cream laid paper, sewn on five cords, in leather and cloth half binding, in slipcase; originally included 17 etchings, wood engravings, and a frontispiece, text pages, and cover; 150 pages including text; the etchings and frontispiece have been removed and matted individually; the text, wood engravings and volume cover are together

Sheet: 44.3 × 33 cm (17 1/2 × 13 in.); Book: 45.4 × 34.7 × 4 cm (17 7/8 × 13 11/16 × 1 5/8 in.); Box: 46.5 × 35.5 × 5.3 cm (18 5/16 × 14 × 2 1/8 in.)

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Auguste (plate facing page 144) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1935 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 3/8 × 8 9/16" (31.5 × 21.8 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Madame Carmencita (plate facing page 76) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1935 · Aquatint and etching from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 5/16 × 8 3/8" (31.2 × 21.3 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Dors mon amour (Sleep, My Love) (plate facing page 164) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1935 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 3/8 × 8 9/16" (31.4 × 21.8 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Enfant de la balle (Child of the Circus) (plate facing page 84) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1935 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 3/16 × 8 3/16" (30.9 × 20.8 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Le Renchéri (One Up-man-ship) (plate facing page 106) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1935 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 5/8 × 8 5/16" (32 × 21.1 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Amer Citron (Bitter Lemon) (plate facing page 16) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1935 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 3/8 × 8 9/16" (31.5 × 21.7 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Pierrot (plate facing page 122) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1935 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 5/16 × 8 7/16" (31.2 × 21.4 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Madame Louison (plate facing page 46) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1935 · Aquatint and etching from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 5/16 × 8 7/16" (31.2 × 21.5 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Pierrot Noir (Black Pierrot) (plate facing page 10) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1935 · Aquatint and etching from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

plate: 12 1/16 × 8 1/4" (30.7 × 21 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

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Parade, frontispiece from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1934 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.3 × 19.4 cm (11 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Plate: 30.8 × 19.7 cm (12 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Master Arthur

1934 · Aquatint and roulette

plate: 12 3/16 x 8 1/8" (31 x 20.7 cm); sheet: 17 7/16 x 12 13/16" (44.3 x 32.6 cm)

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