Untitled (for Père Ubu)

Artist Georges A. Rouault French, 1871-1958

Date1932

MediumWood engraving, possibly laid paper

DimensionsSight: 9 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (24.4 x 21.6 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 12 9/16 x 15 9/16 x 7/8 in. (31.9 x 39.5 x 2.2 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineDonated by Stephen J. Sills, M.D. in loving memory of his wife Nancy Mintz Sills.

Object number2008.3.12

On View

Not on view

Collections

Modern and Contemporary Art
Works on Paper

SignedIn the plate, just below the thigh of the right hand figure, "G·R" in block printing

InscribedIllegible, but possibly a name, on the far right edge of the image, in the ladderlike framing element of the design.

MarkingsTyped paper label on Ctr R back: "ROUALT, GEORGES, FRANCE (1871-1958)/For "Pere Ubu"/Original Wood Engraving cut by Aubert, 1932". Ctr Left back, preprinted adhesive label, black on gold metallic paper: "THIS ORIGINAL WORK OF/ART HAS BEEN/ CONSERVATION FRAMED/TO MUSEUM STANDARDS/ COUNTY FRAME CORP./FARMINDGDALE, NEW YORK". Below this written directly on corrugated backing "114X" in black felt marking pen.

DescriptionTwo seated/half kneeling nude females in near-mirror image, one on each side of the plate, each raising their arms and holding something like a small bag above what appears to be a plant at the center. Cross-hatching at the bottom seems to indicate grass and a horizon line separates a darker ground from the sky. The horizontally striped vertical elements at the left and right edges of the image relate to similar elements in Roualt 'Pere Ubu' print 2008.3.11.

Framed, modern molded wood with gold-brown coloring, linen mat. All edges of the image visible.Exhibition History"Director's Choice: Focus on Modernism," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, April 5, 2008 - Sept. 14, 2008.ProvenanceCollection of Sam Mintz, Great Neck, NY; Stephen and Nancy Mintz Sills, Guilderland, NY; Stephen Sills, Guilderland, NY, 2002; The Hyde Collection, Glens falls, NY, 2008.