Three Figures

Jacques Villon

Associated Names
Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

The image shows a series of overlapping and intersecting lines and shapes forming a textured composition. The abstract arrangement resembles a mesh or net, without definitive shapes. The lines vary in density, suggesting movement. The shapes formed within the lattice are undefined.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.7 x 15.8 cm (5 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 15.1 x 18 cm (5 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.70

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E416

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

  • Ginestet, Colette de and Catherine Pouillon. Jacques Villon: les estampes et les illustrations: catalogue raisonne. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1979.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 43/50; lower right in graphite: Jacques Villon; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 25 9 335/38

Wikidata ID

Q76342731

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