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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)
Qui ne sera jamais envieux
Details
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)
Qui ne sera jamais envieux
signed and dated ‘G. Rouault 1930’ (lower centre); indistinctly signed again (centre right)
pastel, gouache and brush and India ink on paper
10 ¾ x 8 ½ in. (27.6 x 21.5 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Qui ne sera jamais envieux
signed and dated ‘G. Rouault 1930’ (lower centre); indistinctly signed again (centre right)
pastel, gouache and brush and India ink on paper
10 ¾ x 8 ½ in. (27.6 x 21.5 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Provenance
The Mayor Gallery, London, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
James Archdale, Birmingham, by whom probably acquired from the above in February 1938, and thence by descent to the present owner.
James Archdale, Birmingham, by whom probably acquired from the above in February 1938, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Birmingham, Museum and Art Gallery, Exhibition of Modern French & English Paintings and Drawings, 1938, no. 16, p. 6 (titled 'Head'; with incorrect medium and dated '1910').Ottawa, National Art Gallery of Canada, Archdale Collection of Modern French Painting, August 1940 - September 1945 (on intermittent loan).
Toronto, The Art Gallery, Archdale Exhibition, October - November 1941 (no cat.); this exhibition later travelled to; Montreal, The Art Association of Montreal, November - December 1941.
Birmingham, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Behind Closed Doors, Birmingham's Private Collections from Van Dyck to Cornelia Parker, 2008, no. 25, p. 42 (illustrated; titled 'Portrait Head' and with incorrect medium).
Toronto, The Art Gallery, Archdale Exhibition, October - November 1941 (no cat.); this exhibition later travelled to; Montreal, The Art Association of Montreal, November - December 1941.
Birmingham, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Behind Closed Doors, Birmingham's Private Collections from Van Dyck to Cornelia Parker, 2008, no. 25, p. 42 (illustrated; titled 'Portrait Head' and with incorrect medium).
Further details
The Fondation Georges Rouault has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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