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Bitter Lemon, plate three from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante by Georges Rouault — VisualArtsDB

Bitter Lemon, plate three from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

Bitter Lemon, plate three from Cirque de l'Étoile Filante

Georges Rouault

1938

Medium: Color etching and aquatint on tan wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 30.6 × 20.9 cm (12 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 22 cm (12 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34 cm (17 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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