Georges ROUAULT Lot n° 43

Vers la mer océane, project for Ubu colon (?), circa 1918-1925 Mixed media, oil, ink and gouache on paper mounted on canvas, bears the studio stamp and Isabelle Rouault's signature stamp on the back. A certificate from Jean-Yves Rouault, President of the Georges Rouault Foundation, dated February 20, 2012 will be given to the buyer. Provenance: - Artist's studio - By descent to the current owners Exhibitions: - Georges Rouault, Haus der Kunst, Munich, March 23 - May 12, 1974 - Georges Rouault pour Ubu, Panasonic Electric Works Shiodome Museum Rouault Gallery, Tokyo, April 10 - June 13, 2010, N°33 in the exhibition catalog with date 1917 - 1918 - Georges Rouault Au pays du Père Ubu, Galerie Yoshii, Paris, 2011, catalog no. 13 with date 1917 - 1918 Bibliography: - Rouault L'OEuvre Peint, tome 1, by Isabelle Rouault, Éditions André Sauret, Monte-Carlo, 1988, described and reproduced on page 311 as N° 1057 Georges Rouault An exceptional artist, a wonderful grandfather For more than half a century, Georges Rouault created five thousand works, many of which are in major collections and museums around the world. For us, his grandchildren, he was above all a wonderful grandfather who, in our youth, came to spend his summer vacations with us. After mornings devoted to work, the daily walks were an opportunity for him to show us the changing colors of the landscape, and his comments were a joy for us. Decades later, we still remember those happy moments. Today, we are pleased to present some of the paintings that illustrate this special relationship with our grandfather, which we have long admired. Jean-Yves Rouault