La Parisienne (12), 1902

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Medium

color softground etching, drypoint, aquatint, and embossing on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 45.2 x 34 cm (17 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

sheet: 64.1 x 49.3 cm (25 1/4 x 19 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

New Century Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E74

Accession Number

1999.54.3

Artists / Makers

Jacques Villon (artist) French, 1875 - 1963

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Inscription

lower right below plate mark in graphite: Jacques Villon; lower center in plate: Jacques Villon / 02; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 9557C; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: KG10625

Provenance

Lucien Goldschmidt, New York, as of 1970; Marjorie Kovler, Chicago; Elaine Briede, Chicago; (Christies, New York, 3 May 1999, no. 84, via David Tunick); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Christie's

Exhibition History

1970: Jacques Villon, A Collection of Graphic Work: 1896-1913 in Rare or Unique Impressions, Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York, 1970.

2001: The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001, proof 8, p. 78.

Bibliography

1950: Auberty, Jacqueline and Charles Pérussaux. Jacques Villon: Catalogue de son oeuvre gravé. Paris: Paul Prouté, 1950.

1979: Ginestet, Colette de and Catherine Pouillon. Jacques Villon: les estampes et les illustrations: catalogue raisonne. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1979.

1999: Robison, Andrew. "Jacques Villon, Five Unique Artist's Proofs of La Parisienne" National Gallery of Art Bulletin 22 (1999): 16.

2001: Brodie, Judith. "The Metamorphosis of Jacques Villon's 'La Parisienne'." In Peter Parshall et. al. The Unfinished Print. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: 71-82.