DETAILS
- Artist
- Georges Rouault
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- Lithograph on ivory wove paper
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Dimensions
- Image: 30 × 23.5 cm (11 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 32.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 13/16 in.)
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Culture
- France
- Credit line
- Albert H. Wolf Collection
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THE ARTIST
Georges Rouault
Georges Rouault, born in a Parisian cellar during an insurrection, infused his art with the glowing colors of stained glass and the raw emotion of Expressionism.
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