An Entertainment (Comédie de société)

1903

Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and aquatint on heavy laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    plate: 49.8 x 41.8 cm (19 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 66.9 x 51 cm (26 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.181

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E75, ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

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.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Jacques Villon / 03; lower left below plate mark:16/50; lower right in graphite below plate mark: Jacques Villon / 03; lower center in graphite: "Comédie de Société"

Watermarks

Van Gelder with crown and shield

Wikidata ID

Q74070827

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