Georges Rouault (1871-1958) Nu de profil (Nude in Profile), Plate I from Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil) Aquatint printed in colours, 1936-38, on Montval, from the edition of 250, printed by Lacourière, published 1945 Plate: 30.6 x 20.5 cm Provenance: P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1974 Literature: Chapon / Rouault 274; Wofsy 272; cf. Johnson 128 Rouault began work on his illustrations to Les Fleurs du Mal (Flowers of Evil) in 1936. The cycle of poems by Charles Baudelaire had caused a scandal when first published in 1857. The series was to be published by Ambroise Vollard but was not complete at Vollards death in 1939