$350
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958), "Nu Assis from Réincarnations du Père Ubu"-1932, etching and aquatint with roulette. Pencil signed lower right margin, numbered 57/225 lower right margin. Work depicting a seated female nude with rounded forms, arm raised to head, the other wrapped11.5" x 7.25" around her body across chest. Woman with long hair and closed eyes. Framed 19.5" x 15.25". Sight size approximately Note: This work is also sometimes referred to as "Seated Nude". 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
