Artworks · Georges Rouault

Life is Hard, plate twelve from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 48 × 36.1 cm (18 15/16 × 14 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65.4 × 50.5 cm (25 3/4 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

On lips that had been fresh, the taste of gall, plate fifteen from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 50.4 × 35.3 cm (19 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 65.4 × 50.8 cm (25 3/4 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Old District of Long-Suffering, plate ten from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 56.7 × 41.9 cm (22 3/8 × 16 1/2 in.); Sheet: 65 × 50.7 cm (25 5/8 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Who does not wear a mask?, plate eight from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 56.6 × 42.9 cm (22 5/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 50.7 cm (25 11/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tomorrow will be beautiful, said the shipwrecked man..., plate eleven from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 50.5 × 35.6 cm (19 15/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 65.3 × 50.8 cm (25 3/4 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

To love would be so sweet!, plate thirteen from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 57.5 × 41.2 cm (22 11/16 × 16 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65 × 50.5 cm (25 5/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sometimes one finds a beautiful path..., plate nine from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 37.3 × 50.6 cm (14 11/16 × 19 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.6 × 65.2 cm (19 15/16 × 25 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jesus Defiled, plate two from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 54.9 × 40 cm (21 5/8 × 15 3/4 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.8 cm (25 13/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Are we not Slaves?, plate six from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 59 × 43.7 cm (23 1/4 × 17 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65 × 50.8 cm (25 5/8 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Alone in this life of pitfalls and malice, plate five from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 57.8 × 41.9 cm (22 13/16 × 16 1/2 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 51 cm (25 11/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seek Refuge in Your Heart, Poor Barefoot One..., plate four from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 48.7 × 37.4 cm (19 3/16 × 14 3/4 in.); Sheet: 65.7 × 50.5 cm (25 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

We Believe Ourselves to be Kings, plate seven from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 58.9 × 42 cm (23 1/4 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.7 × 50.8 cm (25 7/8 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forever Scourged, plate three from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 48.5 × 36.6 cm (19 1/8 × 14 7/16 in.); Sheet: 65.3 × 50.3 cm (25 3/4 × 19 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Have mercy on me my God according to your great Mercy, plate one from Miserere

1945 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 57.6 × 42 cm (22 11/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 50.6 cm (25 11/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

DIVERTISSEMENT

1943 · 15 collotype reproductions after Rouault paintings mounted on cream, smooth, wove Arches paper

irreg. page 16 1/2 x 12 13/16" (42 x 32.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Bay of the Dead

1939 · Color etching on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 61.5 × 44.9 cm (24 1/4 × 17 11/16 in.); Sheet: 78.2 × 57.8 cm (30 13/16 × 22 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plates from PASSION: (incomplete set; 9 of 17 plates)

1939 · 9 aquatint and lift ground aquatints, with etching, soft ground etching, drypoint, engraving, and/or roulette, printed in color

irreg. page 17 3/8 x 13 3/16" (44 x 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

PASSION: (incomplete book)

1939 · 12 wood engravings (cut by Georges Aubert), printed in black

irreg. page 17 3/8 x 13 3/16" (44 x 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Italian Woman

1938 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 651 x 498 mm frame: 1086 x 960 x 56 mm

Tate

Le Cirque de l'étoile filante: Skeleton

1938 · woodblock

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Little Dwarf, plate four from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 20.6 cm (12 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 21 cm (12 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bittersweet, from plate twelve from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.4 × 19.7 cm (12 × 7 13/16 in.); Plate: 31 × 20.4 cm (12 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bitter Lemon, plate three from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.6 × 20.9 cm (12 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 22 cm (12 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Child of the Circus, plate ten from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 20.3 cm (12 1/16 × 8 in.); Plate: 30.9 × 20.8 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Louison, plate seven from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.6 × 21 cm (12 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 31.3 × 21.8 cm (12 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Juggler, plate five from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 31 × 20.2 cm (12 1/4 × 8 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 21 cm (12 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Ballerinas, plate fifteen from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.7 × 19.8 cm (12 1/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 20.6 cm (12 7/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Master Arthur, plate eleven from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.1 × 20.3 cm (11 7/8 × 8 in.); Plate: 31.2 × 25 cm (12 5/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45 × 35 cm (17 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sorry Bones, plate eight from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.8 × 20 cm (12 3/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 31.2 × 20.8 cm (12 5/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Black Pierrot, plate two from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.1 × 20.5 cm (11 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Plate: 30.7 × 21 cm (12 1/8 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Carmencita, plate nine from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.3 × 20.7 cm (11 15/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Plate: 31.3 × 21.4 cm (12 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Snide One, plate thirteen from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 31.1 × 20.4 cm (12 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.); Plate: 32 × 21 cm (12 5/8 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44 × 33.5 cm (17 3/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Little Female Circus Rider, plate six from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30 × 20.3 cm (11 13/16 × 8 in.); Plate: 30.8 × 20.8 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 44 × 33.3 cm (17 3/8 × 13 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Auguste, plate sixteen from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

1938 · Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper

Image: 30.8 × 21 cm (12 3/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 21.7 cm (12 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 43.7 × 31.5 cm (17 1/4 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Miss Bittersweet

1938 · Aquatint and etching

plate: 12 x 7 13/16" (30.5 x 19.9 cm); sheet: 17 9/16 x 12 13/16" (44.6 x 32.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 71) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 7 11/16 × 8" (19.5 × 20.3 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 39) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 7 5/16 × 7 7/8" (18.5 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 119) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 6 5/16 × 7 13/16" (16 × 19.9 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 43) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 4 3/4 × 7 13/16" (12 × 19.9 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 13) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 3 1/4 × 7 7/8" (8.2 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 138) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 2 1/16 × 7 7/8" (5.2 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 99) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 1 7/16 × 7 15/16" (3.6 × 20.1 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 159) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 7 7/16 × 7 13/16" (18.9 × 19.8 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 98) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 1 5/16 × 7 15/16" (3.3 × 20.1 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 105) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 4 3/8 × 7 7/8" (11.1 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 86) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 2 3/8 × 7 7/8" (6 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 33) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition: 1 9/16 × 7 7/8" (4 × 20 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 14) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circus)

1938 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen aquatint and etchings (eleven with drypoint)

composition (irreg.): 4 1/16 × 7 13/16" (10.3 × 19.9 cm); page (irreg.): 17 5/16 × 13 3/16" (44 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art