Artworks · Georges Rouault

Alone in this life of pitfalls and malice, plate five from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure with burnishing, roulette and drypoint on paper

Plate: 57.5 × 45.1 cm (22 11/16 × 17 13/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Privileged Lady Thinks She has a Reserved Seat in Heaven, plate sixteen from Miserere

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

Plate: 57.2 × 41.2 cm (22 9/16 × 16 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Bad Grain will Sprout Tomorrow, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Etching and aquatint on paper

Image: 44.1 × 58 cm (17 3/8 × 22 7/8 in.); Plate: 46 × 61 cm (18 1/8 × 24 1/16 in.); Sheet: 50 × 65.3 cm (19 11/16 × 25 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

His lawyer, in hollow phrases, proclaims his total thoughtlessness, plate nineteen from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint, roulette, drypoint and surface etching over a heliogravure on paper

53.9 × 40.6 cm (21 1/4 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seek Refuge in Your Heart, Poor Barefoot One..., plate four from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure, aquatint, and roulette on cream laid paper

Plate: 48.1 × 37.3 cm (18 15/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Paper: 65 × 50.2 cm (25 5/8 × 19 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forever Scourged, plate three from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure, aquatint, and roulette printed in black on paper

Plate: 48.5 × 36.1 cm (19 1/8 × 14 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jesus Defiled, plate two from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure and aquatint 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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sometimes one finds a beautiful path..., plate nine from Miserere

1922 · Heliogravure, aquatint, roulette, drypoint on paper

Plate: 37.5 × 50.5 cm (14 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.); Sheet, trimmed irregularly: 49 × 56.6 cm (19 5/16 × 22 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trial proof for Abandoned, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 23 5/8 x 18 1/2" (60 x 47 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 13/16" (65.3 x 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Road of the Cross, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 24 1/8 x 18 1/4" (61.2 x 46.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 3/4 x 19 13/16" (65.4 x 50.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Daughter of Joy, So-Called, plate XIV from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, with pen and ink additions

plate: 20 1/16 x 14 3/8" (51 x 36.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 9/16 x 19 13/16" (64.9 x 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful, Said The Shipwrecked Man, plate XI from Miserere

1922 · Aquatintand drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 19 15/16 x 14" (50.6 x 35.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 7/8" (65.2 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for In The Press, The Grapes Were Trodden, plate XLVIII from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 15 9/16 x 19 1/8" (39.5 x 48.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 7/8 x 25 5/8" (50.5 x 65.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for And Veronica With Her Delicate Linen Still Goes Her Way..., plate XXXIII from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 17 1/4 x 16 15/16" (43.8 x 43 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 9/16 x 19 15/16" (65 x 50.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Death Took Him As He Rose From His Bed of Nettles, plate XLV from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

composition: 21 1/4 x 13 1/8" (54 x 33.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 3/4" (65.2 x 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Sing Matins, A New Day Is Born, plate XXIX from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 14 3/8 x 20 1/8" (36.5 x 51.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 15/16" (65.3 x 50.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Street of the Lonely, plate XXIII from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, with pen and ink additions

plate: 20 x 14 3/8" (50.8 x 36.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 7/8 x 25 11/16" (50.5 x 65.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for The Society Lady Fancies She Has a Rserved Seat in Heaven, plate XVI from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 22 11/16 x 16 1/4" (57.6 x 41.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 7/8" (65.3 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for The Condemned is Led Away..., plate XVIII from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, with pen and ink additions

plate: 19 13/16 x 13 1/2" (50.3 x 34.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 5/8 x 19 13/16" (65.1 x 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for It is Hard to Live..., plate XII from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 18 7/8 x 14 1/4" (47.9 x 36.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 13/16 x 20" (65.5 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Mouth that was Fresh, Bitter as Gall, plate XV from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 19 13/16 x 13 7/8" (50.4 x 35.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 1/2 x 19 15/16" (64.7 x 50.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Take Refuge in Your Heart, Miserable Vagabond, plate IV from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, with pen and ink additions

plate: 19 1/8 x 14 5/8" (48.6 x 37.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 9/16 x 19 13/16" (65 x 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Eternally Scourged..., plate III from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 19 1/8 x 14 1/2" (48.6 x 36.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 7/8" (65.2 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Jesus Mocked..., plate II from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 21 5/8 x 15 13/16" (55 x 40.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 9/16 x 19 7/8" (65 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Christ Laying On His Hands, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 24 5/16 x 18 5/16" (61.7 x 46.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 7/8 x 19 7/8" (65.7 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for ...The Accused Indicted Beneath A Forgotten Crucifix, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint over photogravure

sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 3/4" (65.2 x 50.2 cm); slate: 24 1/16 x 17 11/16" (61.1 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for The Bay Of The Dead, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 24 1/8 x 17 11/16" (61.3 x 45 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 13/16 x 19 7/8" (65.5 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Christ and the Robber, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 22 3/16 x 18 7/8" (56.3 x 48 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 13/16 x 19 7/8" (65.5 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for Christ Laying On His Hands, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure

plate: 24 1/16 x 18 1/16" (61.1 x 45.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 11/16 x 19 11/16" (65.2 x 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trial proof for And Of The Lost Life of the Prostitue Who Gave Herself For A Bone To Gnaw, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint and etching with roulette over photogravure

plate: 24 1/8 x 17 5/16" (61.2 x 44 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 9/16 x 19 7/8" (65 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"And with His Stripes We Are Healed" («C'est par ses meurtrissures que nous sommes guéris»), plate LVIII from Miserere

1922 · 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 13/16 x 18 5/8" (58 x 47.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Winter, Leper of the Earth" («Hiver lèpre de la terre»), plate XXIV from Miserere

1922 · 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: 20 5/16 x 14 1/2" (51.6 x 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lonely Sojourner in this Life of Pitfalls and Malice (Solitaire en cette vie d'embûches et de malices), plate V from Miserere

1922 · 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 3/8" (57.7 x 41.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sometimes the Way Is Beautiful... (Arrive parfois que la route soit belle...), plate IX from Miserere

1922 · 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: 14 5/8 x 19 15/16" (37.2 x 50.6cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Far from the Smile of Rheims (Loin du sourire de Reims), plate LI from Miserere

1922 · 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 3/16 x 15 1/8" (51.2 x 38.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

We Are Insane (Nous sommes fous...), plate XXXIX from Miserere

1922 · 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 3/8 x 16 5/16" (56.8 x 41.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Know Ye Not That So Many of Us as Were Baptized into Jesus Christ Were Baptized into His Death" («Nous...c'est en Sa mort que nous avons été baptisé»), plate XXX from Miserere

1922 · Aquatint over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)

plate: 21 3/4 x 16 5/8" (55.2 x 42.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

His Lawyer, in Hollow Phrases, Proclaims His Complete Unawareness... (Son avocat en phrases creuses clame sa totale inconscience...), plate XIX from Miserere

1922 · 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: 21 3/16 x 16 1/8" (53.8 x 40.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"We All Must Die, We and All We Possess" («Nous devons mourir, nous et tout ce qui est nôtre») plate XLIII from Miserere

1922 · 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 20 3/8 x 14 3/8" (51.7 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Smooth Talker, or The Academician (Bonimenteur ou L'Académicien)

1920 · Oil on canvas

106.5 × 76 cm (41 7/8 × 29 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man with Spectacles

1917 · Watercolor and crayon on paper

11 3/4 x 6 1/2" (29.8 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Circus Trainer

1915 · Gouache and crayon on paper

15 5/8 x 10 3/8" (39.7 x 26.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Three Judges

1913 · Gouache and oil on board

29 7/8 x 41 5/8" (75.9 x 105.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sometimes the Way is Beautiful

1912 · Gouache and black ink on wove paper prepared with a pink wash, laid down on canvas, laid down on masonite

Max: 38.9 × 54.4 cm (15 3/8 × 21 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Clown

1912 · Oil on canvas

35 3/8 x 26 7/8" (89.8 x 68.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seated Nude

1910 · Etching

Plate: 5 13/16 x 3 1/2" (14.8 x 8.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seated Nude

1910 · Etching

plate: 5 13/16 x 3 1/2" (14.8 x 8.9 cm); sheet: 8 7/8 x 4 15/16" (22.5 x 12.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Clown with Monkey

1910 · Monotype

plate: 22 5/8 x 15 1/4" (57.5 x 38.7 cm); sheet: 24 13/16 x 17 3/8" (63 x 44.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art