Le Palais d'Ubu Roi I
Details
Georges Rouault (1871-1958)
Le Palais d'Ubu Roi I
signed and dated '1916 G.Rouault' (lower right)
gouache on paper laid down on board
29 x 40 3/4 in. (73.8 x 103.5 cm.)
Painted in 1916
Le Palais d'Ubu Roi I
signed and dated '1916 G.Rouault' (lower right)
gouache on paper laid down on board
29 x 40 3/4 in. (73.8 x 103.5 cm.)
Painted in 1916
Provenance
John Quinn, New York, by 1926.
Private collection, London, by 1973.
Private collection, London, by 1973.
Literature
I. Rouault, Rouault, l'oeuvre peint, vol. I, Monaco, 1988, no. 1047, p. 310 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, The Art Center, The John Quinn Collection of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings & Sculpture, January, 1926, p. 111 (illustrated).
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