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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 --- culture: France, 20th century technique: oil on canvas department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower right: "G. Rouault" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Rouault: Retrospective Exhibition 1953 opening date: 1953-01-28T05:00:00 Rouault: Retrospective Exhibition 1953. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 28-March 15, 1953). title: Art: The International Language opening date: 1956-10-02T04:00:00 Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956). title: In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00 In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965). title: Rouault Exhibition opening date: 1966-02-01T05:00:00 Rouault Exhibition. 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 Georges Rouault. 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 Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (A. Vollard, Paris); (J. Seligmann, New York) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. 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." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 6 (1991): 246-71. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 256 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161330 --- IMAGES