id:			127742
accession number:	1950.399
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.399
updated:		2022-06-24 09:00:29.385000

Head of Christ, c. 1937. Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958). Oil on canvas; framed: 128.9 x 99.1 x 8.9 cm (50 3/4 x 39 x 3 1/2 in.); unframed: 104.8 x 75 cm (41 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1950.399 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

title:				Head of Christ
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creation date:			c. 1937
creation date earliest:		1932
creation date latest:		1942
current location:		223 20th Century Avant-Garde
creditline:			Gift of the Hanna Fund
copyright:			© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 128.9 x 99.1 x 8.9 cm (50 3/4 x 39 x 3 1/2 in.); Unframed: 104.8 x 75 cm (41 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed lower right: "G. Rouault"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Rouault: Retrospective Exhibition 1953
	opening date:   1953-01-28T05:00:00
	<i>Rouault: Retrospective Exhibition 1953</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 28-March 15, 1953).

	title:		Art: The International Language
	opening date:   1956-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Art: The International Language</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

	title:		In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
	opening date:   1958-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Rouault Exhibition
	opening date:   1966-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Rouault Exhibition</i>. Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (February 1-March 20, 1966); Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamberg, Germany (April 1-May 1, 1966).

	title:		Georges Rouault
	opening date:   1971-05-27T04:00:00
	<i>Georges Rouault</i>. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Cedex 04, France (May 27-September 27, 1971).

	title:		Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-05-27T00:00:00
	<i>Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(A. Vollard, Paris); (J. Seligmann, New York)
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wall description: 
Reacting against an increasingly materialistic, secular society, Rouault dedicated himself to creating deeply spiritual art. To convey his emotional interpretation of the subject, he built up layers of rich color through thickly encrusted paint. Rouault's early experience in a stained-glass workshop encouraged his preference for luminous color and strong black outlines. Both elements unite in this painting to produce a powerful, yet serene image of Christ.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 523
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n96

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 198
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n222

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 198
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n222

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 247
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n267

	Hinson, Tom E. "Insight/On Site." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 78, no. 6 (1991): 246-71.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 256
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161330

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