Study probably for Clown et Enfant (Clown and Child)

Georges Rouault

About 1930

Titles Study probably for Clown et Enfant (Clown and Child) (Proper)
Artist Georges Rouault, French, 1871 - 1958
Medium brush and black wash with brush and black paint (?), and white chalk; framing lines in pen and black ink
Credit Line Gift from the William Hansell and Susan Mabry Hulsey Collection, 2000.159
Object Name painting
Classification Paintings

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