Head of a Clown

Head of a Clown
Head of a Clown
Image Rights & Reproductions Requirements
Artist
nationality
French
birth-death
1871-1958
Creation date
Collection
European
Materials
oil and gouache on paper mounted on linen
Dimensions
25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.
Currently On View
Location
William L. & Jane H. Fortune Gallery
Credit line
Gift in memory of William Ray Adams
Accession number
48.123
Provenance

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Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.
Gallery Label

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Clowns, a popular motif in French art from 18th-century painter Antoine Watteau through Picasso, often appear in Rouault's work. They are his Everyman, assuming a wide range of different guises.

Much of Rouault's art and life revolved around anguished themes of sin, suffering and atonement. This image takes on the tragic features of Christ as the Man of Sorrows and expresses suffering in a universal sense. Its smoldering color and emphatic line reflect Rouault's early training in stained glass.

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