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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
The Professor
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

The Professor

Artist Georges Rouault (French, 1871 - 1958)
Date1928
MediumAquatint and etching
Dimensionsimage: 10 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (26.7 x 16.8 cm)
sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (44.8 x 31.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum Collection, University Gallery purchase
Object numberPR-73-121
Collections
DescriptionIllustration for "Les Réincarnations du Père Ubu", printed by Vollard workshop in 1928.
printed by Vollard Workshop
A professor lectures to his students whose faces may be seen in the background. The line is a heavy, thick black line as it appears in Rouault's painthings.