Lot Essay
The present work is based on one of Rouault's plates from his series inspired by Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal, originally published by Vollard in the late-1920s.
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Danse macabre (Le Squelette Laboureur)
Details
Georges Rouault (1871-1958)
Danse macabre (Le Squelette Laboureur)
signed with the initials 'G.R.' (lower right)
oil over a printed base laid down on canvas
15 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (39.8 x 29.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1938
Danse macabre (Le Squelette Laboureur)
signed with the initials 'G.R.' (lower right)
oil over a printed base laid down on canvas
15 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (39.8 x 29.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1938
Provenance
Collection Buffaut, Lyons.
Galerie Creuzevault, Paris.
Acquired from the above by Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim in May 1959.
Galerie Creuzevault, Paris.
Acquired from the above by Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim in May 1959.
Literature
I. Rouault & B. Dorival, Rouault, L'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Monaco, 1988, no. 1935 (illustrated p. 162).
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