Georges Rouault (1871-1958 )Clown and child. 1930. Aquatint. 210 x 306. Chapon and Rouault 201. Printed in colors. Very nice proof on cream laid paper. Slight oxidation of the folio and a very thin reddish band at the extreme edge of the margins. All margins untrimmed. Pl. intended to illustrate André Suarès's book, Cirque - finally not published by Vollard, who "abandoned this book in 1932 for reasons of commercial opportunity, Suarès having violently attacked America where the art dealer was recruiting an important clientele." (F. Chapon, I. Rouault, Rouault, œuvre gravé, Monte Carlo, ed. A. Sauret, 1978, t. I, p. 324).