Georges Rouault - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, October 17, 2017 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Francois Chapon and Isabelle Rouault 54-111

  • Catalogue Essay

    They give me a copper plate, and I just dig into it. - Georges Rouault

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Miserere (Have Mercy)

1922-27
The complete set of 58 aquatints with drypoint and burnishing over heliogravure, on laid paper watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins, loose (as issued), hors-texte, with title, text and justification pages, contained in the original rust-colored linen and parchment-covered portfolio with title in gilt.
portfolio 28 x 21 x 4 1/2 in. (71.1 x 53.3 x 11.4 cm)
Copy number 208 (of 425) on the justification page (there were also 25 hors commerce in Roman numerals), published by Editions de l'Etoile Filante, Paris.

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$15,000 - 25,000 

Sold for $18,750

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 17 October 2017