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Vielle Courtisane à la fenêtre (from Les Fleurs du Mal)
Vielle Courtisane à la fenêtre (from Les Fleurs du Mal)

Vielle Courtisane à la fenêtre (from Les Fleurs du Mal)

Artist Georges A. Rouault French, 1871-1958
Printer Roger Lacouriere French, 1892 - 1966
Date1937
MediumColor aquatint on paper
DimensionsPlate mark: 12 x 8 5/8 in. (30.5 x 21.9 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (44.5 x 34 cm)
Matboard: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineDonated by Stephen J. Sills, M.D. in loving memory of his wife Nancy Mintz Sills.
Object number2008.3.14
On View
Not on view
Collections
  • Modern and Contemporary Art
  • Works on Paper
SignedSigned in the plate at LL: "GR [the letters overlaid on one another] followed by "1937"
InscribedIn pencil on the frame backing, "15 1/4" and "17H" in a circle.
MarkingsPrinted label with typed inserts glued at the center of the frame backing, in black block letters: "M. KNOEDLER & CO., INC./21 East 70th St./New York, NY 10021/" in the heading followed by "STOCK#" followed by a blank line with "P721" typed in/"ARTIST" followed by a blank line with "GEORGES ROUAULT" typed in/followed by "TITLE" with "Courtisane a la Fenetre/color etching, from Les/ Fleurs du Mal, 1936-1938/edition 250."
DescriptionUSE CAUTION WHEN UNFRAMING!!! See Conservation tab. See Notes for alternate title.

A largely skeletal waist-length figure in a frontal pose with hands crossed at the wrist and resting on a window ledge. Although the title defines the subject as a female prostitute, the figure's sex is evident in only a few features such as the white hair done up on the top of the subject's head and what appears to be a red and black bodice. The figure is flanked by louvred shutters.

Appears to be a laid paper, but was not examined out of frame,

Modern molded wood frame with red-gold finish.
Exhibition History"What's New? Recent Acquisitions 2008-2010", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, March 3 - May 29, 2011.ProvenanceM. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY; Collection 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.