Les Fleurs du Mal, 'Tombstone', for the poem by Charles Baudelaire / Georges Rouault

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Accession Number: 1964/1.130
Title: Les Fleurs du Mal, 'Tombstone', for the poem by Charles Baudelaire
Artist: Georges Rouault
Artist Nationality: French
Artist Life Dates: 1871-1958
Medium and Support: color aquatint on paper
Object Creation Date: 1936
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Inscription: Signed and dated on plate, l.r.: GR [superimposed] In pencil, lower margin: Rouault Fleurs du Mal 33-114-1 TND $195 Watermark: VM [encircled] over FRANCE
Dimensions: 76.2 cm x 52.4 cm (30 in. x 20 5/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: tombstone
Secondary Keywords: death; how we live; modern and contemporary art; rites of passage; tomb
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 903 x 1267
File Size: 98 KB
Record: 1964/1.130
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1964-sl-1.130/1964_1.130.jpg

In public portfolios: Death and dying (500); Grief and mourning rituals (178)

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Full citation: "Les Fleurs du Mal, 'Tombstone', for the poem by Charles Baudelaire; Georges Rouault." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1964-sl-1.130/1964_1.130.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.