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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)
Farniente I
Details
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)
Farniente I
signed and dated 'G Rouault 1929' (lower right); inscribed 'XIII far niente' (on the reverse)
pastel, wash and brush and ink and India ink on paper
20 3⁄8 x 14 7⁄8 in. (51.7 x 37.7 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Farniente I
signed and dated 'G Rouault 1929' (lower right); inscribed 'XIII far niente' (on the reverse)
pastel, wash and brush and ink and India ink on paper
20 3⁄8 x 14 7⁄8 in. (51.7 x 37.7 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Provenance
Rachel (Rée) Gorer, London.
Geoffrey Gorer, London, by descent from the above; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 26 June 1985, lot 382.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Geoffrey Gorer, London, by descent from the above; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 26 June 1985, lot 382.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
B. Dorival & I. Rouault, Rouault, L'œuvre peint, vol. II, Monte-Carlo, 1988, no. 1212, p. 27 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, The Tate Gallery, Georges Braque and Georges Rouault, 1946, no. 75.
Brought to you by
Katarina Stojanovic
Specialist, Head of Day Sale