La Parisienne (11)

1902

Jacques Villon

Associated Names
Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

The image shows a woman sitting in a chair. Her back is facing the viewer, turned partially sideways. She is in a wooden-framed chair with red upholstery. She is wearing an elegant gown with puffed sleeves and a ruffled collar. The woman has light brown hair styled in a loose updo and is wearing a light-colored hat. Her face is shown in profile, revealing delicate features. The background is an abstract, muted green with decorative shapes.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Evelyn Stefansson Nef

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45 x 33.9 cm (17 11/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 60.5 x 49.1 cm (23 13/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.53.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E74

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(André Candillier, Paris); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001, proof 6, p. 77.

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 / 02

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q75423097

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