Inscription
lower right below plate mark in graphite: Jacques Villon; lower left below plate mark in graphite: Essai; artist's notations across bottom in graphite: gris vert / fauteuil au brun / vert (not deciphered) / gris vert / (not deciphered); by later hand (?), lower right in graphite: 38; across top in graphite: [2e?] planche - cheminée - bleu cobalt; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 6/2
Exhibition History
- 1997
- Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.
- 2001
- The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001, proof 3, p. 75.
- 2004
- The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.
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.
- 2001
- Brodie, Judith. "The Metamorphosis of Jacques Villon's 'La Parisienne'." In Peter Parshall et. al. The Unfinished Print. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: 71-82.