La Parisienne (18)

1903

Jacques Villon

Associated Names
Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

The image shows a woman seated in a chair, facing the side. She has her arms resting on the chair's back and her head slightly turned to the left. The woman has delicate features, styled hair, and wears an elegant, light-colored outfit with a high collar. She is wearing a large, ornate hat. The chair has a dark wooden frame and is upholstered in deep red fabric. The background is a softly textured surface fading into light shades.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color softground etching, etching, drypoint, aquatint, and liftground aquatint with embossing touched with opaque watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.4 x 33.4 cm (17 7/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 62.2 x 50.1 cm (24 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.54.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E74

Artwork history & notes

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

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 10, p. 80.

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.

Inscriptions

lower right below plate mark in graphite: Jacques Villon; lower center in plate: Jacques Villon / 03; by later hand, lower left in graphite: [?]17

Markings

blindstamp shield with caduceus and letters C F [not in Lugt, most likely the blindstamp of a paper manufacturer or seller/stationer]

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q75423860

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