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First Bucolic: Virgil Expelled from the Earth by a Centurion

1955

Jacques Villon

Associated Names

Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

This is a painting of abstracted figures and animals in a colorful landscape. The image features abstract figures and forms interacting with colorful abstracted animal shapes in an open setting. The scene is divided into color blocks of yellow, pink, and blue with a cubist approach to rendering the forms. Scribbles suggest foliage or natural elements, and there is an architectural structure to the right. The style is reminiscent of Jacques Villon.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on Japan paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1963.11.234
Catalogue Raisonné

Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E558, i/ii

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

Q65509857

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