Prélude (Illustration to George Rouault’s Cirque de l'Étoile Filante/Circus of the Shooting Star, Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1938) (1932)

Georges Aubert

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Prélude (Illustration to George Rouault’s Cirque de l'Étoile Filante/Circus of the Shooting Star, Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1938) (1932)

Classification:

Artist's Book, Print, Book Illustration

Physical Object Description:

Pierrot standing with right arm raised, wood-engraved illustration to 'Cirque de l'Étoile Filante', 1938. Lettered with Rouault's signature and dated on block: "1932". Annotated: 2". Verso lettered with title.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

29.9 x 19.8 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.283

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1940; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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