# George Rouault's Circus of the Shooting Star (1938) from the Aramont Library

In this segment of From the Vaults, we continue to explore treasures from the Aramont Library. George Rouault's "Circus of the Shooting Star" (1938) was a massive undertaking by one of the most creative artists of the twentieth century. Rouault's circus contains seventy-four wood engravings and seventeen complex aquatints to illustrate the artist's deeply spiritual rumination on humanity and hope.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2021
- By: Library Of Congress. Rare Book Division
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697767/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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