Torso of a Young Man, 1910

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 55.2 x 33.9 x 40.2 cm (21 3/4 x 13 3/8 x 15 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1971.66.12

Artists / Makers

Raymond Duchamp-Villon (sculptor) French, 1876 - 1918

Image Use

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Inscription

outside of proper left leg: (underlined) Duchamp Villon / 4/8; outside of proper right leg: .Georges Rudier. / .Fondeur.Paris.; inside of proper rig ht leg: Louis Carre. Editeur.

Marks and Labels

FM: Georges Rudier

Provenance

Jacques Villon; (Galerie Louis Carré, Paris), in 1963;[1] (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1967 by Mr. [d. 1970] and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Great Neck, Long Island, New York; his estate; purchased 19 October 1971 by NGA.

[1] The sculpture was cast post-humously by the artist's brother, Jacques Villon. It was put up for sale by Louis Carré, whose name is inscribed on the inside leg of the sculpture as "Louis Carré. Editeur".

Associated Names

Avnet, Lester F., Estate of
Galerie Louis Carré
Knoedler & Company, M.
Villon, Jacques

Exhibition History

1974: Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, no. IX, repro.

1981: Rodin Rediscovered, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981-1982, no. 353.

Bibliography

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 79, repro.