GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)
Paysans
signed 'G Rouault' (lower right); signed again and inscribed 'Paysans' (on the reverse)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
24 11/16 x 18 1/2 in (62.7 x 47 cm)
Painted in 1937
Footnotes:
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist in July 1937).
(possibly) Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris, London & New York.
Richard G. Sussman Collection, New York, by 1953.
Private collection, New York.
Jeffrey Wilkey Collection, New Jersey.
Private collection, San Diego (acquired from the above in 2001).
Sale: John Moran, Monrovia, April 24, 2018, lot 1064.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature
C. Zervos, 'Approches de l'oeuvre de Georges Rouault' in Cahiers d'art, vol. XXVII, no. 1, December 1952, p. 131 (illustrated).
P. Courthion, Georges Rouault, New York, 1962, no. 360 (illustrated p. 438).
B. Dorival & I. Rouault, Rouault L'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Monaco, 1988, no. 1823 (illustrated p. 143).

The canvas is lined. Brown paper tape lines the outer edges of the canvas. Light frame rubbing to the extreme edges. A pinpoint loss to the left of the male figure's rear leg. Another pinpoint loss to the lower center edge. Hairline craquelure to the impasto pigment. Some discoloration to the varnish layer. Examination under Ultra-Violet light reveals: retouching to the right of the figure's forehead. Fluorescence to the varnish layer. Subject to the foregoing, it is in our opinion that the work appears to be in good condition.