Second Bucolic: Beautiful Alexis

1955

Jacques Villon

Associated Names
Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

The image features fluid, curved lines creating an abstract representation reminiscent of human figures and animals. On the left side, a figure appears seated or reclining against an abstract backdrop with lines suggesting folds in clothing. Above this figure, angular lines depict animals grazing. In the center, another abstract figure stands alone with a posture reminiscent of a gazing animal. On the right side, two figures are drawn with overlapping lines and abstract forms, resembling a couple standing shoulder to shoulder. Soft pastels and crosshatched backgrounds evoke an open landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1963.11.236

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E560


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

Q65509859

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