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Georges ROUAULT - Autograph letter signed to art dealer Ambroise Vollard

Georges ROUAULT (1871 - 1958), French painter and engraver

Autograph letter signed "GR" to art dealer Ambroise VOLLARD; slnd, 1 page ¼ in-12 °, address on the back.

Letter between the artist and his dealer on the edition of the Passion and the transaction of different works: "Dear Mr. Vollard, Mr. Lacourriere gives me an appointment for Friday around 2 ½ hours he has the proofs to give me & take back for them. colors. Tell me, please that day if you have the three requested documents or if I must be available to your accountant on Saturday to explain to him and then make an appointment for Monday or Tuesday with you. Unfortunately this now comes back for each of the works at a very low price given the infinite trouble I go to for these 17 Color Passions with 10 black and the same care that I did for Cirque shooting star 1 ° a model 2 ° times on proofs 2 and 3 times at - (less) what a job 3000 and a few francs a piece it is understood and it is because I would definitely like to see things as they are and the three pieces requested before signing this work order in this sense and also to withdraw the ticket from circulation and to be paid one by one is well the least that I can realize as you offered it to me besides. I will do (…) three Fleurs du mal as agreed you have nothing to give and 100 wood originals and 100 photos taken on condition that we get along firmly and definitively…. … "



Born in 1871 under the Commune, a pupil of Gustave Moreau, Georges Rouault witnessed two wars which was not without effect on his art. At the age of thirty he turned to the Catholic faith. His art then takes on a new dimension borrowing from the sacrifice of Christ for men and from the darkness of humanity. Alongside wild animals, such as Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet or André Derain, Georges Rouault participated in the Salon d'Automne in 1905, but he never claimed to belong to this movement.

"Passion" is a series of 17 etchings in color, illustrating a text by André Suarès. It was commissioned by Ambroise Vollard, his dealer, in 1935. The theme is dark and pessimistic, seen from the angle of man's fragility and darkness. However, the warm colors of the scenes add a little softness.
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