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Artworks
Georges Rouault1871-1958Georges RouaultPancrace1871-1958%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EGeorges%20Rouault%3C/strong%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cem%3EPancrace%20%3C/em%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3EOil%20on%20paper%20laid%20down%20on%20canvas%2C%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E25.4%20x%2017.8%20cms%3Cbr/%3E%0A10%20x%207%20ins%3C/div%3EThe gaze of old Rembrandt or the death mask of Beethoven move me as much as an entire century of heroic deeds. In reality, what is beautiful remains hidden and it has always been so. One must be worthy of searching for it and of persevering until death to find it. There will always be pain and anguish for whoever engages in this quest but also profound and silent joy.
Extract from Rouault sur l’Art et sur la Vie, Les Editions Denoël-Gonthier, Paris 1971
The gaze of old Rembrandt or the death mask of Beethoven move me as much as an entire century of heroic deeds. In reality, what is beautiful remains hidden and it has always been so. One must be worthy of searching for it and of persevering until death to find it. There will always be pain and anguish for whoever engages in this quest but also profound and silent joy.
Extract from Rouault sur l’Art et sur la Vie, Les Editions Denoël-Gonthier, Paris 1971
Provenance
This work was in the artist’s studio at the time of his death and is unsigned
Acquired by the present owners from Georges Rouault, arranged by Richard Nathanson, Eskenazi Gallery of Oriental Art, London, June-July 1972.
Exhibitions
Georges Rouault, arranged by Richard Nathanson in association with the Rouault family at
the Eskenazi Gallery of Oriental Art, London, June-July 1972.
Publications
A Dealer’s Hand, the biography of Giuseppe Eskenazi, Page. 47, Scala Publishers, 2012.2of 2