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Margot, from the Divertissement Series

Georges Rouault

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About the work

French artist Georges Rouault was a pioneering expressionist painter and a major figure in modern printmaking.

Rouault’s work is immediately recognizable for the thick black brushstrokes that outline their subjects and the glass-like look of his colors. Indeed, this is unlikely to be mere coincidence; Rouault spent his teenage years as a stained glass maker’s apprentice. He used etching and aquatint to create works recognized widely as having unprecedented color harmonies and expressive power.

Rather than create pleasing “armchair” pictures like those of many of his contemporaries, Rouault applied his rough painterly style to religious subjects, clowns, and circus performers, using these motifs to reflect on religion, morality, and modern life.

This work, entitled Margot, is part of Rouault’s Divertissement series.

Examples of this print can be found at the Museum of Modern Art and numerous other prominent institutions.

Mounted by the publisher on a larger support sheet of Arches paper. Originally framed by Associated American Artists for exhibition. Reframed in its fine wood frame from the AAA exhibition behind 99% UV-filtering Plexiglass with a linen-wrapped mat. Not accompanied by the justification sheet which accompanied the work when issued.

Sheet Size: About 8 in. (w) x 11 in. (h), mounted on Arches paper about 12.5 in. (w) x 16 in. (h)