Dura lex sed lex (The Law is Hard, But it is the Law)
Georges Rouault, French, 1871 - 1958
1926; published 1948
Etching, aquatint, and drypoint over photogravure on laid paper
450
Sight: 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm)
Sight: 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.956.46.22
Portfolio / Series Title
Plate 52 from Miserere (Misery)
Publisher
Editions de l'Etoile Filante, Paris, France
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in plate, lower right: G Rouault / 1926
Exhibition History
Director's Choice, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 10-July 10, 1966.
George Rouault Prints from the Collection, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 1971.
Rouault's Passion, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 11-April 20, 1980.
Provenance
Ferdinand Roten Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland; sold to present collection, 1956.
Catalogue Raisonne
F. Chapon and I. Rouault, Oeuvre Grave Rouault, Monte Carlo, 1978, vol. 1, no. 105e.
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