Portrait E.D. (Eugène Duchamp)

1913

Jacques Villon

Associated Names
Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

The image is a portrait sketch showing the head and some of the upper shoulders of a person in profile, facing to the right. The facial features are abstracted with a series of cross-hatched lines and shading, creating a shadowed effect, with an emphasis on the forehead, nose, and chin. The hair appears to be short or closely cropped. The person's clothing, if present, is obscured by the artist's technique, as the focus is on the play of light and shadow on the face and head rather than on realistic portrayal. There are no visible jewelry items or objects. The background is filled with a pattern of cross-hatched lines similar to the ones used to define the subject, creating an abstract and non-descriptive space that offers contrast and emphasizes the head and facial features of the portrait.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on Rives laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1709

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E277


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65509883

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