The Cards (Les cartes), 1903

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Medium

color etching and aquatint on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 34.6 x 44.8 cm (13 5/8 x 17 5/8 in.)

sheet: 49.3 x 63.7 cm (19 7/16 x 25 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Ginestet/Pouillon 1979, no. 76

Accession Number

1985.64.180

Artists / Makers

Jacques Villon (artist) French, 1875 - 1963

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Jacques Villon / 03; lower left in graphite below plate mark: 4/25; lower right in graphite below plate mark: Jacques Villon; by later hand, lower right in graphite: La Tireuse de cartes

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); sold to Paul Mellon, 1982; gift to NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul
Tunick, Inc., David

Exhibition History

1984: Master Prints from Washington Private Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 51.

1986: Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

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

1999: An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

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.