Spanish Dancer (Danseuse Espagnole)
1899
Artist, French, 1875 - 1963

Artwork overview
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Medium
color aquatint and drypoint touched with graphite (on the lady's hat left of the dancer) on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 50.7 x 35.7 cm (19 15/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
sheet: 61.2 x 44.2 cm (24 1/8 x 17 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1995.47.84
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Catalogue Raisonné
Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. E23
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1997
Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.
2016
In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.
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.
Inscriptions
lower left plate: Jacques Villon / 99; lower right in graphite: Jacques Villon 18/25; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: #3867
Watermarks
ARCHES
Wikidata ID
Q75393813