"The Righteous, like Sandalwood, Perfume the Axe That Falls on Them" («Le Juste comme le bois de santal parfume la hache qui le frappe»), plate XLVI from Miserere
Credit: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
1926, published 1948
Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)
59.0 x 42.1 cm
91.1949.46
Image © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Where you'll find this
The Museum of Modern Art
Permanent collection
