La Parisienne (21)

1902-1903

Jacques Villon

Associated Names
Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

The image shows a woman seated on an ornate wooden chair with a red cushioned seat and backrest. She is in a relaxed pose, with her right elbow on the chair's side and her chin on her hand. She has a defined profile with a pointed nose and a small mouth, and her hair is styled in an updo, partly covered by a wide-brimmed hat with a bow. She wears a light-colored, flowing garment. The background has soft, muted tones with dark shading behind the woman to add depth to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.2 × 33.9 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 67 × 50.2 cm (26 3/8 × 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.30.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E74

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Louis Carré, Paris. (sale, Artcurial: Briest/Poulain/Le Fur, Hôtel Dassault, Paris, 1 March 2004, nos. 191 and 192). Frederick Mulder, London; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 111.

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.

2015

  • "Art for the Nation, The Story of the Patrons' Permanent Fund: Jacques Villon, La Parisienne." National Gallery of Art Bulletin 53 (Fall 2015): 27, repro.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate at lower left: Jacques Villon / 02; in plate at lower center: 03; lower right center in graphite: Jacques Villon

Markings

none

Watermarks

VAN GELDER ZONEN

Wikidata ID

Q76438554

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