Lot 131
  • 131

Jacques Villon

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Jacques Villon
  • Rythme campagnard
  • Signed Jacques Villon and dated 53 (lower right); signed Jacques Villon, titled and dated 53 (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 38 1/4 by 57 1/2  in.
  • 97.1 by 146 cm

Provenance

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm
Dr. Jan Österlöf, Stockholm (acquired by 1961)
Galerie Schmit, Paris
Acquired circa 1985

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Jacques Villon, Peintures, 1955, no. 23
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, 120 Chefs-d’oeuvre du musée national d’art moderne de Paris, 1956, no. 122, illustrated in the catalogue
Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Jacques Villon, 1960, no. 59, illustrated in the catalogue
Stockholm, Svensk-Franksa Konstgalleriet, 1957, no. 31
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Jacques Villon, Maleri och Grafik 1902-1959, 1960, no. 75
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Jacques Villon, 1961, no. 84, illustrated in the catalogue
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Jacques Villon, 1963, no. 62
Geneva, Galerie Bonnier, Jacques Villon, Vingt-deux peintures 1939-1961, 1973, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue
Rouen, Musée des beaux arts & Paris, Grand Palais, Jacques Villon, 1975, no. 147

Literature

Michel Seuphor, “Klee et Villon” in Preuves, July 1955, pp. 69-70
Julian Gallego, “Jacques Villon: Pintor francés” in Goya, September-October 1956, illustrated p. 95
Waldemar George, “Jacques Villon, prix international de peinture de la Biennale de Venise” in Prisme des arts, October 1956, illustrated p. 21
Dora Vallier, Jacques Villon, Oeuvres de 1897 à 1956, Paris, 1957, illustrated p. 96
Simone Frigerio, "Jacques Villon" in Aujourd'hui art et architecture, July 1961, illustrated p. 21

Condition

The canvas has been strip-lined. The pigments are bright and fresh. Some minor surface dirt and minor scattered studio stains. There is a very light indentation to the orange pigment at lower center. There is some very minor rubbing to the extreme perimeter of the canvas, likely the result of the frame. Under UV light, there is one inch area of inpainting just to the right edge of the central orange square. There are also a one inch area in the purple near the lower left corner and a larger area, 8 inches above this in the blue triangle at center left. Elsewhere some areas of uneven varnish fluoresce but no other restorations are apparent. The work is in good condition.
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