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Property from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation*
Georges Rouault (1871-1958)
Deux clowns
Details
Georges Rouault (1871-1958)
Deux clowns
signed, dated twice and indistinctly inscribed 'Georges Rouault 1907 André Metthey ceramicist Asnières' (on the reverse)
painted and glazed ceramic
20 1/8 x 24 in. (51.1 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1907
Deux clowns
signed, dated twice and indistinctly inscribed 'Georges Rouault 1907 André Metthey ceramicist Asnières' (on the reverse)
painted and glazed ceramic
20 1/8 x 24 in. (51.1 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1907
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Edouard Jonas, Paris.
Alex and Rita K. Hillman, New York (acquired from the above, July 1950).
Gift from the above to the present owner, October 1968.
Edouard Jonas, Paris.
Alex and Rita K. Hillman, New York (acquired from the above, July 1950).
Gift from the above to the present owner, October 1968.
Literature
B. Dorival and I. Rouault, Rouault, L'oeuvre peint, Monte-Carlo, 1988, vol. I, p. 340, no. C10 (illustrated).
E. Braun, et al., Manet to Matisse, The Hillman Family Collection, Seattle and London, 1994, p. 154, no. 57 (illustrated in color, p. 155; titled Clowns et cirque/Deux Clowns).
E. Braun, et al., Manet to Matisse, The Hillman Family Collection, Seattle and London, 1994, p. 154, no. 57 (illustrated in color, p. 155; titled Clowns et cirque/Deux Clowns).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts and The Hague, Municipal Museum, Georges Rouault Retrospective, 1952, no. 14.
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Georges Rouault, July-October 1952, no. 113.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rouault Retrospective Exhibition, 1953, p. 32.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan, 1963.
New York University, The Grey Art Gallery, Georges Rouault, April-May 1981.
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Georges Rouault, July-October 1952, no. 113.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rouault Retrospective Exhibition, 1953, p. 32.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan, 1963.
New York University, The Grey Art Gallery, Georges Rouault, April-May 1981.
Further Details
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