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JACQUES VILLON Etching French Art Cubism

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 800.00 USD
JACQUES VILLON Etching French Art Cubism
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JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963
(Gaston Duchamp) Damville 1875-1963 Paris (French)

Title: The Standing Model or after the Shower / Le Modele Debout ou Apres la Douche, 1931

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching on paper

Paper Size: 18 x 15.3 cm / 7 x 6 in

Plate Size: 14 x 9.4 cm / 5.5 x 3.7 in

Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Jacques Villon" at the lower right margin.
It is hand numbered "106/150" in pencil in the lower left margin.
The etching was first engraved in 1931 and printed in 2 small editions of 10 proofs and 20 proofs.
In 1960, Villon reworked the plate and created the third and last state that was issued with the book edited by Pierre Caillet "Les Caricatures de Jacques Villon" in a limited edition of 150 hand signed and numbered impressions.
Ginestet and Pouillon mistakenly list the edition of the third state as 50 impressions.

Literature: Jacques Villon-Les Estampes,Les Illustrations-Catalogue Raisonne, by Colette de Ginestet and Catherine Pouillon, published by Arts et Metiers Graphiques.
Reference: Ginestet et Pouillon no. 340 III.

Condition: Paper discoloration from former matting. Glue and tape remains verso.