$300
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958), "Woman with Hat from Réincarnations du Père Ubu"-1932, etching and aquatint with roulette. Dated 1928 and G.R. within matrix lower right. Pencil signed lower right margin, numbered 57/225 lower right margin. Work depicting a woman in profile with ruffled collar, dark hair and large hat. Framed 19.5" x 15.125". Sight size 12.5" x 7.75". Note: This work is also referred to as Mademoiselle Irma (C&R 22c). For many years, the author and publisher Vollard was preoccupied with the character of Ubu from Alfred Jarry's political satire Ubu Roi, from 1896. Vollard's version of the story, published in 1932, contained a sequence of twenty-two illustrations by Georges Rouault, which he completed by 1928. These illustrations, which feature Rouault's dramatic and intense visual style, marked the artist's earliest use of photogravure techniques, and display a combination of etching and aquatint.
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2014-08-09
