Georges Rouault

French, 1871-1958

Le Chinois inventa, dit-on, la poudre à canon, nous en fit don (Chinese invented gunpowder, they say, and made us a gift of it) from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy)

© Estate of Georges Rouault / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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© Estate of Georges Rouault / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

Le Chinois inventa, dit-on, la poudre à canon, nous en fit don (Chinese invented gunpowder, they say, and made us a gift of it) from the portfolio Miserere (Have Mercy), 1926 (published 1948)

Artwork Details

Materials

photogravure, aquatint, drypoint, and copper engraving on Arches paper with Ambroise Vollard watermark

Edition:

293/425

Measurements

image area: 22 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (57.15 x 41.91 cm); plate mark: 22 3/4 x 16 3/8 inches (57.785 x 41.5925 cm); sheet: 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (64.77 x 50.165 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Frederic P. Norton, 1998

Accession ID

P1998:14.2.38

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