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Lot 172
  • 172

Jacques Villon

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jacques Villon
  • Création
  • signed Jacques Villon and dated 58 (lower right); signed Jacques Villon, titled and dated 58 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 81 by 100cm., 31 7/8 by 39 3/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris
Royal Ambassadors, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1964

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, École de Paris, 1958, no. 138, illustrated in the catalogue
Nice, Palais de la Méditerranée, Salon des Tuileries, 1959, no. 149, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Jacques Villon, 1961, no. 97, illustrated in the catalogue
São Paolo, Museu de Arte Moderna, VI Bienal de São Paolo, 1961, no. 32
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Jacques Villon, 1963, no. 73

Literature

Edith Auerbach, 'Pariser Kunstbericht', in Die Weltkunst, Munich, 15th December 1958, illustrated p. 12
Alexander Liberman, The Artist in His Studio, New York, 1960, illustrated in a photograph of the artist's studio p. 94
Simone Frigerio, 'Jacques Villon', in Aujourd'hui, Art et Architecture, Paris, July 1961, illustrated p. 23

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there do not appear to be any signs of retouching visible under UV light. This work is in very good original condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate, though the colours richer and more varied in the original.
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