Les ballerines (Illustration to George Rouault’s Cirque de l'Étoile Filante/Circus of the Shooting Star, Ambrose Vollard, Paris, 1938) (1934)

Georges Rouault

colour aquatint, predominantly in red, yellow and black

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Les ballerines (Illustration to George Rouault’s Cirque de l'Étoile Filante/Circus of the Shooting Star, Ambrose Vollard, Paris, 1938) (1934)

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Two female ballerinas, one shorter than the other, illustration to Rouault's 'Cirque de l'Étoile Filante', pl.15, 1938. 1934 Colour aquatint, predominantly in red, yellow and black. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Annotated with artist's name and titled.

Technique:

Aquatint

Dimensions:

31.4 x 20.5 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.282

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 its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1940; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Dance

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