La Parisienne (13)

1902

Jacques Villon

Associated Names
Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

The image shows a woman seated on a green upholstered chair with wooden legs. She has light blond hair styled in an updo and a decorative hat. She wears a patterned, lavish garment with a yellow collar, and her body is turned slightly towards the viewer. The background is red with subtle patterning.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45 x 33.9 cm (17 11/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 61 x 48.7 cm (24 x 19 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.54.2

  • 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.

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 7, p. 78.

2004

  • The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.

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; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: [?]18; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: KG10624

Watermarks

J WHATMAN 1901

Wikidata ID

Q75423852

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