Intérieur d'Eglise (à la voûte claire)

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After Georges Rouault (1871-1958)
Intérieur d'Eglise (à la voûte claire)
inscribed 'Email unique executé selon mes conseils et avec mon approbation Georges Rouault' (on the reverse)
enamel on copper
11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (29 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1950; this work is unique

Provenance

Saint-Martin de Ligugé Abbey, by 1952.
Jacques O'Hana Ltd, London (no. 337).
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner, and thence by descent.

Literature

B. Dorival & I. Rouault, Rouault, L'oeuvre peint, vol. 2, Monte Carlo, 1988, no. 13, p. 303.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie de France, Emaux de Ligugé, 1951, no. 2
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Georges Rouault, July - October 1952, no. 121 [titled Intérieur d'église (Piliers rouges)].

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

These enamel works were realised at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Martin in Ligugé. Rouault selected some of his existing paintings to be recreated in enamel. These were loaned to the Atelier Saint-Martin for the time it took to create the enamel work. Each enamel was submitted to Rouault during execution and after completion and they were only released with his approval.

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