Artworks · Georges Rouault

In So Many Different Ways, The Noble Vocation of Sowing Hostile Land (En tant d'ordres divers le beau métier d'ensemencer une terre hostile), plate XXII from Miserere

1926 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 23 1/4 x 16 15/16" (59 x 43 cm)

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Virgin of the Seven Swords (Vierge aux sept glaives), plate LIII from Miserere

1926 · Aquatint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 22 15/16 x 16 1/16" (58.2 x 40.8 cm)

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"Obedient Unto Death, Even the Death of the Cross" («Obéissant jusqu'à la mort et à la mort de la croix »), plate LVII from Miserere

1926 · Aquatint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 22 15/16 x 16 5/8" (58.2 x 42.3 cm)

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"Jesus Will Be in Agony until the End of the World..." («Jésus sera en agonie jusqu'à la fin du monde...»), plate XXXV from Miserere

1926 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 22 15/16 x 16 1/4" (58.3 x 41.3 cm)

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The Chinese Invented Gunpowder, They Say, and Made Us a Gift of It (Chinois inventa, dit-on, la poudre à canon, nous en fit don), plate XXXVIII from Miserere

1926 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 22 11/16 x 16 1/4" (57.7 x 41.3 cm)

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Girl, from Maîtres et Petits Maîtres d'aujourd'hui

1925 · Lithograph on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 32.5 × 23 cm (12 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 33.5 cm (21 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

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The White Horse, from Saltimbanques

1925 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 23.5 cm (11 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 32.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 13/16 in.)

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The Clown, from Maîtres et Petits Maîtres d'aujourd'hui

1924 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 34.5 × 22.5 cm (13 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 50 × 33 cm (19 11/16 × 13 in.)

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The Animal Trainers (Les Dompteurs), second plate

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 14 5/16 x 11 5/16" (36.3 x 28.7cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 13" (50.4 x 33 cm)

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Clown (Le Pitre)

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 13 5/8 x 8 7/8" (34.6 x 22.6cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 13" (50 x 33 cm)

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Flotsam (Les Épaves)

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 12 1/2 x 8 3/4" (31.7 x 22.3cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 12 15/16" (50.4 x 32.8 cm)

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The Prostitute (La Prostituée)

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 12 7/8 x 9" (32.7 x 22.8cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 12 7/8" (50 x 32.7 cm)

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The Circus Rider (L'Ecuyère)

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 12 1/2 x 8 9/16" (31.7 x 21.8cm); sheet: 18 11/16 x 13" (47.5 x 33 cm)

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The Trio (Le Trio), second plate

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 12 3/4 x 10 11/16" (32.4 x 27.1cm); sheet: 18 13/16 x 12 7/8" (47.8 x 32.7 cm)

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The Little Circus Rider (La Petite ecuyère)

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 11 15/16 x 9 7/16" (30.4 x 24cm); sheet: 18 13/16 x 12 7/8" (47.8 x 32.7 cm)

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The Boxers. Wandering Circus (Les Boxeurs. Cirque forain)

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 13 3/16 x 8 7/16" (33.5 x 21.4cm); sheet: 19 3/4 x 12 15/16" (50.2 x 32.8 cm)

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La Belle Etelka

1924 · Lithograph

Comp. 13 3/4 x 9 1/2" (35.0 x 24.2 cm)

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Full hands to the innocents. We shall all be wise. The Donkey. Second plate

1924 · Lithograph

Comp. 12 1/2 x 8 11/16" (31.8 x 22.2 cm)

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Mother and Child

1923 · Heliogravure and aquatint on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 57.7 × 41.3 cm (22 3/4 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 50.3 cm (25 11/16 × 19 13/16 in.)

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Mother and Child

1923 · Heliogravure and aquatint on cream laid paper

Image: 56 × 39.2 cm (22 1/16 × 15 7/16 in.); Plate: 60.2 × 43.5 cm (23 3/4 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65 × 50.1 cm (25 5/8 × 19 3/4 in.)

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Omens, plate 41 from Miserere

1923 · Heliogravure, with aquatint, roulette, burnishing, and drypoint on paper

Plate: 50.5 × 43.5 cm (19 15/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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He that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, plate 28 from Miserere

1923 · Heliogravure, with sugar-lift and drypoint on paper

Plate: 57.5 × 43.5 cm (22 11/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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He was oppressed and afflicted but he never opened his mouth, plate 21 from Miserere

1923 · Heliogravure and aquatint on paper

Plate: 57.8 × 41 cm (22 13/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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A Woman Freed..., plate seventeen from Miserere

1923 · Heliogravure wih sugar-lift, burnishing, drypoint on paper

Plate: 55.5 × 42.8 cm (21 7/8 × 16 7/8 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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We Believe Ourselves to be Kings, plate seven from Miserere

1923 · Heliogravure, with sugar-lift aquatint, scraping, burnishing, and roulette on paper

Plate: 59 × 42 cm (23 1/4 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Have mercy on me my God according to your great Mercy, plate one from Miserere

1923 · Heliogravure, burnishing and drypoint on paper

Plate: 57.5 × 42 cm (22 11/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Have mercy on me my God according to your great Mercy, plate one from Miserere

1923 · Heliogravure and aquatint with sugar-lift, touched with brush and ink, on paper

Plate: 57.5 × 42 cm (22 11/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Trial proof for We Think Ourselves Kings, plate VII from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 23 1/4 x 16 5/8" (59 x 42.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 13/16 x 19 13/16" (65.5 x 50.4 cm)

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Trial proof for Jean-François Never Sings Hallelujah..., plate XXV from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint and drypoint over photogravure, with pen and ink additions

plate: 23 3/16 x 16 3/4" (58.9 x 42.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 15/16 x 19 3/4" (65.9 x 50.2 cm)

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Trial proof for Who Does Not Paint Himself a Face?, plate VIII from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 22 1/4 x 16 7/8" (56.5 x 42.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 7/16 x 19 7/8" (64.6 x 50.5 cm)

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Trial proof for In the Land of Thirst and Terror, plate XXVI from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint and lift ground aquatint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 17 1/8 x 23 11/16" (43.5 x 60.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 3/4 x 25 7/8" (50.2 x 65.8 cm)

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Trial proof for We Think Ourselves Kings, plate VII from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 24 x 17 1/2" (61 x 44.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 15/16" (65.3 x 50.7 cm)

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Trial proof for "Have Mercy Upon Me, Oh God, According to Thy Loving Kindness", plate I from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and drypoint over photogravure

plate: 23 5/8 x 17 5/8" (60 x 44.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 3/4" (65.2 x 50.2 cm)

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"He Was Oppressed, and He Was Afflicted, Yet He Opened Not His Mouth" («Il a été maltraité et opprimé et il n'a pas ouvert la bouche»), plate XXI from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint and drypoint over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 22 15/16 x 16 3/16" (58.2 x 41.1 cm)

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In the Old Suburb of Long Suffering (Aux vieux faubourg de longues peines), plate X from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint and drypoint over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 22 5/16 x 16 9/16" (56.7 x 42 cm)

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Portents... (Augures...), plate XLI from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 20 1/16 x 17 1/4" (50.9 x 43.8 cm)

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Emancipated Woman, Who Has Lost Her Way (Femme affranchie à quatorze heures chante midi), plate XVII from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint and drypoint over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 21 7/8 x 16 15/16" (55.6 x 43 cm)

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"That Ye Love One Another" («Aimez-vous les uns les autres»), plate XXXI from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 23 3/8 x 16 7/8" (59.3 x 42.8 cm)

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"He That Believeth in Me, Though He Were Dead, Yet Shall He Live" («Celui qui croit en moi fût-il mort vivra»), plate XXVIII from Miserere

1923 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 22 3/4 x 17 3/16" (57.8 x 43.6 cm)

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It is By His Wounds that We are Healed, plate 58 from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure, with sugar-lift aquatint, burnishing, and roulette on paper

Plate: 58 × 47 cm (22 7/8 × 18 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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In the Wine-Press, the Grape was Crushed, plate 48 from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure, with aquatint, roulette, and drypoint on paper

Plate: 39.5 × 48.5 cm (15 9/16 × 19 1/8 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 65.5 cm (19 15/16 × 25 13/16 in.)

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Death Took Him as he Rose from his Bed of Nettles, plate 45 from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure, with sugar-lift, burnishing, and drypoint on paper

Plate: 57.3 × 33.2 cm (22 9/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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We Have to Die, We and All That is Ours, plate 43 from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure, with sugar-lift, roulette, and drypoint on paper

Plate: 51.5 × 36.4 cm (20 5/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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We Are Fools, plate 39 from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure, with sugar-lift, scraping, burnishing, roulete, and drypoint on paper

Plate: 56.6 × 41 cm (22 5/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Among so many different commands lies the beautiful task of sowing on a hostile earth, plate 22 from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure with sugar-lift aquatint, scraping, burnishing, drypoint on paper

Plate: 58.5 × 43 cm (23 1/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Winter, Earth's Leper, plate 24 from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure with sugar-lift aquatint, drypoint, roulette and burnishing on paper

Plate: 51.5 × 36.8 cm (20 5/16 × 14 1/2 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Street of the Lonely, plate 23 from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure with sugar-lift aquatint, roulette, drypoint on paper

Plate: 36.5 × 50.5 cm (14 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.6 × 65.6 cm (19 15/16 × 25 7/8 in.)

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A Girl, Called Joy, plate fourteen from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure, with aquatint, scraping, burnishing and drypoint on paper

Plate: 50.4 × 36.5 cm (19 7/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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