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Exhibition History"Painting of the Month," Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, Oct. 5 - 30, 1969

"Art in Iowa and the Quad-Cities," Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, May 27 - June 25, 1967

"Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Prints from Twenty-three Iowa Collections," Art Department, State University of Iowa, May 9 - Aug. 15, 1961

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 31, 1960

"Paintings from the Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection," Cedar Falls Art Association, Iowa State Teachers College, Mar. 4 - 17, 1956
Published ReferencesDES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, Feb. 15, 1953, ill.

DMAC Bulletin, Mar. 1953, ill.

IOWAN MAGAZINE, June/July 1958, ill. p.42

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. no.67, ill.

"Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Prints from Twenty-three Iowa Collections," Art Department, State University of Iowa, 1961, exh. cat. no.22, ill. p.14

Pierre Courthion, Georges Rouault (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1962), ill. p. 288.

Robert L. Polley, ed., GREAT ART TREASURES IN AMERICA'S SMALLER MUSEUMS, G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y., in association with Country Beautiful Foundation, Inc., Waukesha, WI, 1967, color ill. p.107

"Art in Iowa and the Quad-Cities," Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, 1967, exh. cat. no.63, ill. p.14

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.187 & 188

DimensionsFrame: 40 5/8 × 53 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (103.2 × 134.9 × 9.5 cm)
Image (visible): 28 × 40 5/8 in. (71.1 × 103.2 cm)
Accession Number 1953.2
Classificationspainting
CopyrightARS
SignedG. Rouault (l,r oil paint)
InscriptionsVieux Faubourg 117 5688 (verso u,r)
ProvenanceArtist, France; Amrboise Vollard (1866-1939), Paris [acquired from the artist, 1935]; Dalzell Hatfield Galleries and Maurice Gutman, Los Angeles [purchased from the previous estate, by 1949]; Leigh Block, Chicago, IL [purchased from the previous, 1949]; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, Los Angeles, CA [acquired from Leigh Block, the sister of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, between 1950-1951]; Des Moines Art Center [gifted from the previous, 1953]
Vieux Faubourg
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines