Georges Rouault
Le noir libéré (The Liberated Black)

Le noir libéré (The Liberated Black)

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Le noir libéré (The Liberated Black)
Le noir libéré (The Liberated Black)
ArtistFrench, 1871–1958
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Le noir libéré (The Liberated Black)
  • from the series Les réincarnations du Père Ubu (The Reincarnations of Pere Ubu)
Date1928, published 1932
PlaceFrance
MediumSugar lift aquatint with aquatint, drypoint, etching, and roulette on heliogravure, full format edition
DimensionsPlate: 8 1/2 × 11 15/16 in. (21.6 × 30.3 cm)
 Sheet: 11 7/16 × 14 5/8 in. (29.1 × 37.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert H. Wilson, Jr.
Object number86.359
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Georges Rouault," The Menil Collection, Houston, April 25—August 18, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left in pencil "95"
lower right on the plate "GR / 1928"
Catalogue raisonnéChapon/Rouault 15 (c/c); Wofsy 296

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