Artworks · Georges Rouault

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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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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"AND WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED," plate LVIII (folio 181) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 22 13/16 x 18 5/8" (58 x 47.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SOMETIMES THE WAY IS BEAUTIFUL..., plate IX (folio 34) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, etching, soft ground etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 14 5/8 x 19 15/16" (37.2 x 50.6 cm)

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FAR FROM THE SMILE OF RHEIMS, plate LI (folio 160) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 20 1/8 x 15 1/8" (51.2 x 38.4 cm)

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JESUS MOCKED..., plate II (folio 13) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 21 1/2 x 15 3/4" (54.7 x 40 cm)

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LONELY SOJOURNER IN THIS LIFE OF PITFALLS AND MALICE, plate V (folio 22) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 22 11/16 x 16 3/8" (57.7 x 41.6 cm)

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Plate (facing page 36) from LES CLOWNS

1922

irreg. composition 6 7/16 x 4 11/16" (16.3 x 11.9 cm)

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MISERERE

1922 · 58 aquatints or lift ground aquatints over photogravure, with drypoint, roulette, etching, and/or soft ground etching, printed in black

page 25 15/16 x 19 3/4" (66 x 50.2 cm)

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Front cover (variant of plate facing page 14) from LES CLOWNS

1922

irreg. composition 6 x 4 3/4" (15.3 x 12.1 cm)

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IT IS HARD TO LIVE..., plate XII (folio 43) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 18 7/8 x 14 1/4" (47.9 x 36.2 cm)

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DAUGHTER OF JOY, SO CALLED, plate XIV (folio 49) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 20 1/16 x 14 3/8" (51 x 36.6 cm)

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TOMORROW WILL BE BEAUTIFUL, SAID THE SHIPWRECKED MAN, plate XI (folio 40) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 19 15/16 x 13 15/16" (50.6 x 35.5 cm)

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MOUTH THAT WAS FRESH, BITTER AS GALL, plate XV (folio 52) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 19 13/16 x 13 7/8" (50.4 x 35.2 cm)

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"WE ALL MUST DIE, WE AND ALL WE POSSESS," plate XLIII (folio 136) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, soft ground etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

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

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THE SOCIETY LADY FANCIES SHE HAS A RESERVED SEAT IN HEAVEN, plate XVI (folio 55) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 22 11/16 x 16 1/4" (57.6 x 41.2 cm)

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THE CONDEMNED IS LED AWAY..., plate XVIII (folio 61) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 19 13/16 x 13 1/2" (50.3 x 34.3 cm)

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HIS LAWYER, IN HOLLOW PHRASES, PROCLAIMS HIS COMPLETE UNAWARENESS..., plate XIX (folio 64) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 21 3/16 x 16 1/8" (53.8 x 40.9 cm)

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STREET OF THE LONELY, plate XXIII (folio 76) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 19 15/16 x 14 3/8" (50.7 x 36.5 cm)

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"WINTER, LEPER OF THE EARTH," plate XXIV (folio 79) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, soft ground etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 20 5/16 x 14 1/2" (51.6 x 36.8 cm)

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Plate (facing page 14) from LES CLOWNS

1922

irreg. composition 5 3/4 x 4 11/16" (14.7 x 11.9 cm)

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Plate (facing page 30) from LES CLOWNS

1922

irreg. composition 6 1/2 x 4 5/16" (16.6 x 10.9 cm)

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SING MATINS, A NEW DAY IS BORN, plate XXIX (folio 94) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 20 1/8 x 14 3/8" (51.1 x 36.5 cm)

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ETERNALLY SCOURGED..., plate III (folio 16) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint, soft ground etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 19 1/8 x 14 7/16" (48.6 x 36.7 cm)

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"KNOW YE NOT THAT SO MANY OF US AS WERE BAPTIZED INTO JESUS CHRIST WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH," plate XXX (folio 97) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint and lift ground aquatint over photogravure, printed in black

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

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AND VERONICA WITH HER DELICATE LINEN STILL GOES HER WAY..., plate XXXIII (folio 106) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 17 1/4 x 16 15/16" (43.8 x 43 cm)

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WE ARE INSANE, plate XXXIX (folio 124) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint, soft ground etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 22 3/8 x 16 5/16" (56.8 x 41.4 cm)

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TAKE REFUGE IN YOUR HEART, MISERABLE VAGABOND, plate IV (folio 19) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint, etching, soft ground etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 19 1/16 x 14 5/8" (48.5 x 37.1 cm)

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DEATH TOOK HIM AS HE ROSE FROM HIS BED OF NETTLES, plate XLV (folio 142) from MISERERE

1922 · Lift ground aquatint, aquatint, etching, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 21 1/4 x 13 1/8" (53.9 x 33.3 cm)

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IN THE PRESS, THE GRAPES WERE TRODDEN, plate XLVIII (folio 151) from MISERERE

1922 · Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and drypoint with roulette over photogravure, printed in black

plate 15 9/16 x 19 1/8" (39.6 x 48.6 cm)

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Les Clowns

1922 · 4 collotype and pochoir reproductions (including variant on front cover) executed by Daniel Jacomet after gouache drawings, printed in color

page 7 5/16 x 5 3/8" (18 x 13.7 cm)

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Trial proof for The Bad Grain Will Be Removed Tomorrow I, rejected plate from Miserere

1922 · Lift ground aquatint and aquatint over photogravure

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Trial proof for Old Mother, Now Cries Alone

1922 · Lift ground aquatint, aquatint, and drypoint over photogravure

plate 24 5/16 x 18 1/4" (61.8 x 46.3 cm)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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