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Georges Rouault

(France, 1871-1958)
Estimate
500 000 - 700 000 SEK
47 500 - 66 500 EUR
49 900 - 69 900 USD
Hammer price
760 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Georges Rouault
(France, 1871-1958)

"Mater Dolorosa" ("il serait si doux d'aimer")

Signed G Rouault. Executed in 1950. Mixed media over printed base on paper laid down on canvas 65 x 50 cm.

Saleroom notice

Technic: Mixed media over printed base on paper laid down on canvas.

Provenance

Alex Maguy - Galerie de L'Élysée, Paris (No. 1107).
The Collection of Bo and Margareta Lindh, Stockholm, Sweden (acquired from the above in 1966)

Literature

Bernard and Isabelle Rouault Dorival, "Georges Rouault Catalogue Raisonné; L'Œuvre Peint/Complete Painting", Ed. André Sauret, Monaco, 1988, listed as no. 1623.

More information

Certificate issued by Alex Maguy signed and dated 25 March 1966, included.
Inscription on verso by the artists daughter, Madame Isabelle Rouault.