La Parisienne (8)

1902

Jacques Villon

Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color softground etching, drypoint, aquatint, and embossing on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Philip and Judith Benedict

  • Dimensions

    plate: 47.8 x 37.6 cm (18 13/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 56 x 44.8 cm (22 1/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.88.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E74

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Childs Gallery, Boston); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington, DC; by descent to Philip and Judith Benedict; gift to NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 74.

1997

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

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001, proof 4, p. 77.

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.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 74.

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.

Inscriptions

lower right below plate mark in graphite: à l'ami Barrat / Jacques Villon / 03; by later hand, center verso in graphite: un sous verre / 055 x 044 / avec cadre No 1279

Watermarks

ARCHES

Wikidata ID

Q75119151

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