GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)

Property from the Estate of ESTELLE WEINSTOCK New York

Details

GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)

"Etoile du soir, clos ma paupière..."

signed and dated lower right G Rouault 1932--gouache and brush and India ink on paper
Image size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (15.6 x 23.5 cm.)
Sheet size: 7¾ x 12¼ in. (19.7 x 31.1 cm.)

Painted in 1932

Literature

B. Dorival and I. Rouault, Rouault, L'oeuvre peint, Monte-Carlo, 1988, vol. II, no. 1300 (illustrated, p. 43)

Lot Essay

The present gouache is part of a series of works executed between 1930 and 1934 which are the basis for wood engravings. All of them were inspired by circus life at the Cirque de l'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star).