An Entertainment (Comédie de société), 1903

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Medium

color etching and aquatint on heavy laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 49.8 x 41.8 cm (19 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.)

sheet: 66.9 x 51 cm (26 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E75, ii/ii

Accession Number

1985.64.181

Artists / Makers

Jacques Villon (artist) French, 1875 - 1963

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Jacques Villon / 03; lower left below plate mark:16/50; lower right in graphite below plate mark: Jacques Villon / 03; lower center in graphite: "Comédie de Société"

Exhibition History

1988: Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1988-1989.

1997: Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

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.