Lot n° 206
Estimation :
350 - 400
EUR
Georges Rouault: *Le dur métier de vivre…*, 1922 — Plate 12 - Lot 206
Georges Rouault: *Le dur métier de vivre…*, 1922 — Plate 12 from the *Miserere* portfolio
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette, and burnisher on heliogravure, on Arches laid paper. Signed and dated on the plate.
Edition size: 425 + 25 non-commercial
Dimensions:
Sheet: 65 × 50 cm - 25 ⅝ × 19 ¾ in.
Mount: 47.6 × 35.8 cm - 18 ¾ × 14 ⅛ in.
Condition: Well-inked print; large flat brush areas preserved. Full margins; tailings preserved. Ambroise Vollard watermark visible through the paper. Clean sheet; slight overall light exposure. Unframed.
Ref.: Chapon & Rouault: 65 — Wofsy: 119
Nude bust of an elderly man, hands clasped, head bowed. One of the prints from the first social section of the sequence, preceding the “War” section.
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