a) La Nouvelle Parisienne (25); b) Seated Woman

1902

Jacques Villon

Associated Names
Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

The image shows a woman seated in a chair. Her full body is visible, with the skirt of her dress extending beyond the chair. She is leaning slightly forward with her arms resting on the backrest of the chair, which has a wooden frame and an elaborate upholstery design. The woman's facial features are not detailed, and she wears her hair styled up with a large hat. She is dressed in a light-colored outfit, possibly with decorations around the neck and shoulders. The background is neutral and there is a grid pattern overlaid on the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) color softground etching, etching, drypoint, and aquatint with graphite squaring on wove paper [counterproof]; b) graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 46 × 33.9 cm (18 1/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 64 × 49 cm (25 3/16 × 19 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.30.14.a-b

  • 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

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

in plate, at lower right: 02 [in reverse]; lower right in graphite: Jacques Villon

Markings

none

Watermarks

CANSON & MONTGOLFIER VIDALON-LES-ANNONAY B CRAYON ANCNE MANUFRE

Wikidata ID

Q76438558

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