Updated 19 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Pierrot
| Date | 1937-38 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 45 x 28.2 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: G Rouaut 21 (?) |
| Credit Line | Donated by Ms. Eiko Yamamoto |
| Standard ref. | Dorival 2043 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1990-0004 |
Pierrot and clowns constituted Rouault's primary themes from the establishment of his painting style until the end of his life. The depiction of clowns was a clear representation of the true character of humanity and was an act of symbolic and religious import for Rouault. The strong sense of composition born from Rouault's distinctive method of thickly layered pigment reveals the artist's earnest approach to this subject. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Donated by Mrs. Eiko Yamamoto, 1990.
Exhibition History
- 1995
- Modern Japanese Art-Between the East and the West, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, 1 November 1995 - 30 November 1995, cat. no. 37, col. repr.
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 31
Bibliography
- 1988
- Dorival, Bernard. Rouault: l'œuvre peint. Monte-Carlo, André Sauret, 1988, (vol. 2), p. 178, no. 2043, repr.
- 1992
- The French Modern Art, from The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Okinawa, Urasoe Art Museum, 1992, p. 41, cat. no. 31, col. repr
- 1994
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. Nos. 25-26 (April 1990-March 1992), 1994, List of New Acquisitions. p. 55
- 1995
- Modern Japanese Art: Between the East and the West (exh. cat.). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed. [Nagasaki], Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, 1995, pp. 54, 139, 147, cat. no. 37, col. repr.