Georges Rouault
Two Female Circus Riders
c. 1933
Scroll
Georges Rouault
Two Female Circus Riders
c. 1933
Physical Qualities
Oil on paperboard, 25 7/16 x 18 1/2 in. (64.6 x 47 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.293
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, November 29, 1940; Pierre Matisse, New York
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 91.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 28, 1958-November 24, 1958.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Greensboro Public Library, North Carolina, March 31, 1965-April 14, 1965.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29, 1974-May 4, 1974, no. 50.
Dean Jensen, The Milwaukee Art Museum, "Center Ring: The Artist", May 6, 1981-June 28, 1981, no. 86; circulated to the Columbus Museum of Art, OH, August 30, 1981-October 11, 1981; The New York State Museum, Albany, December 11, 1981-March 7, 1982; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 24, 1982-June 6, 1982.
Oliver Shell, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Picasso and the Circus", April 22, 2001-July 22, 2001.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2, 2007-June 3, 2007.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 28, 1958-November 24, 1958.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Greensboro Public Library, North Carolina, March 31, 1965-April 14, 1965.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29, 1974-May 4, 1974, no. 50.
Dean Jensen, The Milwaukee Art Museum, "Center Ring: The Artist", May 6, 1981-June 28, 1981, no. 86; circulated to the Columbus Museum of Art, OH, August 30, 1981-October 11, 1981; The New York State Museum, Albany, December 11, 1981-March 7, 1982; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 24, 1982-June 6, 1982.
Oliver Shell, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Picasso and the Circus", April 22, 2001-July 22, 2001.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2, 2007-June 3, 2007.
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin, and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 22.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Museum, 1955, p. 39, no. 112.
"Loans to Other Institutions September 1964 through March 1965," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1967, vol. 28, nos. 2, 3 and 4, p. 25.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 68, no. 105.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 50.
Dean Jensen, "Center Ring: The Artist. Two Centuries of Circus Art," Milwaukee: The Milwaukee Art Museum, 1981, p. 93, no. 86.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 193,
Inscribed: Recto: There are no visible inscriptions on the recto. Verso: Top center, in black grease pencil, "N°25-Femme"; white label, black print, "203" Top right, in graphite, "18" Top left, circular black stamp, "DOUANE/ESPORTAT/PARIS/CENTRALE" Frame Inscriptions: Verso: Bottom left vertical rail, in black grease pencil, "59" Top horizontal rail, white label, in black ink, "#86"
