id:			127742
accession number:	1950.399
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.399
updated:		2025-05-15 11:08:23.432000

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

	title:		Rouault: Retrospective Exhibition
	opening date:   1953-01-28T05:00:00
	<i>Rouault: Retrospective Exhibition</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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

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

	title:		Rouault
	opening date:   1966-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Rouault</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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Francis, Henry. "A 'Head of Christ' by Georges Rouault." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>38, no. 4 (April 1951): 71-72.
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 71
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141703

	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

	<em>Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art: Picture Book No. 4 .</em> [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 45
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1952

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