Design on Title Page [left half]

1955

Jacques Villon

Associated Names
Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

The image features thin, radiating black lines converging at a single point. Surrounding the lines are smudged gray areas. Brightly colored circular shapes in blue, yellow, orange, pink, and red are placed at the ends of the lines. The overall design provides an abstract impression of a bursting fireworks display.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1963.11.232.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E556

Associated Artworks

The image displays angular shapes and jagged lines in an abstract composition. These forms overlap and intersect. The background is blue, contrasting with the black and white elements. The overall impression is dynamic and swirling. The composition could be interpreted as resembling shattered glass, fragmented rocks, a mechanical structure, or deconstructed architecture.

Illustration [right half]

Jacques Villon

1955

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1979

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

Wikidata ID

Q65509854

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