[Baudelaire, Charles. 1821 - 1867)] Rouault, Georges. (French, 1871-1958). Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, from Souvenirs Intimes.
Wash and lithographic crayon on wove paper, 1926, published by Galerie des Peintres Graveurs, pencil signed "G Rouault" lower right. Second state (of 5), with the lithographic remarqué of a woman, lower left, and before the addition of the artist's monogram, author or title in the stone. A very good unnumbered impression, apart from the state ii edition of 35 numbered examples. Chapon/Rouault 316ii; Wofsy 23. Matted and framed under glass, 10.75"h x 7"w (sight), 21.5"h x 17.75"w (frame).
The decade of the 1920s marked Rouault's greatest activity as a printmaker. In addition to the illustrations for Vollard, Rouault also made many lithographs for the French publisher E. Frapier. Souvenirs Intimes, six lithographs accompanying a book of recollections by the artist, was published by E. Frapier in 1926.
[Baudelaire, Charles. 1821 - 1867)] Rouault, Georges. (French, 1871-1958). Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, from Souvenirs Intimes.
Wash and lithographic crayon on wove paper, 1926, published by Galerie des Peintres Graveurs, pencil signed "G Rouault" lower right. Second state (of 5), with the lithographic remarqué of a woman, lower left, and before the addition of the artist's monogram, author or title in the stone. A very good unnumbered impression, apart from the state ii edition of 35 numbered examples. Chapon/Rouault 316ii; Wofsy 23. Matted and framed under glass, 10.75"h x 7"w (sight), 21.5"h x 17.75"w (frame).
The decade of the 1920s marked Rouault's greatest activity as a printmaker. In addition to the illustrations for Vollard, Rouault also made many lithographs for the French publisher E. Frapier. Souvenirs Intimes, six lithographs accompanying a book of recollections by the artist, was published by E. Frapier in 1926.