Georges ROUAULT Fête foraine (sketch) circa 1902-1909 Mixed media, gasoline paint on paper mounted on canvas, bears the studio stamp and Isabelle Rouault's signature stamp on the back. 45 x 28 cm (Minor accidents and marks around the edges). A certificate from Isabelle Rouault, the artist's daughter, will be given to the buyer. Provenance: - Artist's studio - By descent to the present owners Exhibition: - Georges Rouault, cirque forain, Panasonic Shiodome Museum Rouault Gallery, Tokyo, October 6 - December 16, 2012 Bibliography: - Rouault L'OEuvre Peint, tome 1, by Isabelle Rouault, Éditions André Sauret, Monte-Carlo, 1988, described and reproduced on page 57 under N° 144

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