Negro carrying a bag (Negre portant une valise)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2009.187
People: Georges Rouault, French (Paris, France 1871 - 1958 Paris, France)
Author: Ambroise Vollard
Title: Negro carrying a bag (Negre portant une valise)
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Reincarnations de Pere Ubu. Eaux-fortes et dessins sur bois de George Roualt
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1918
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/333576

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and lift ground aquatint on wove paper

Technique

Wood engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 43.5 x 31.5 cm (17 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: l.r in pen: Georges Rouault
inscription: l.l in plate: GR 1918
watermark: Left edge: Ambroise Holland [cursive]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: JB Neumann [between 1932 and 1961]. Bequested to Elsa Schmid Neumann and Peter Neumann [1961-2009]. Harvard Art Museum

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/ii
Standard Reference Number: Wofsy 296

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. and Elizabeth S. Neumann
Accession Year: 2009
Object Number: 2009.187
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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