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JACQUES VILLON Etching French Art Cubism

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JACQUES VILLON Etching French Art Cubism
JACQUES VILLON
(Gaston Duchamp)
Damville 1875 - 1963 Paris (French)

Poémes de Brandebourg - 1947
Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Color Etching

Title : Poémes de Brandebourg.

Technique : Original Color Etching with full margins on "BFK" Rives paper.

Paper Size: 32.5 X 25.5 cm / 14.8 X 10 inch .

Plate Size : 12 X 17 cm / 4.8 X 6.8 inch.

Additional Information : This work is Hand Signed by the artist in pencil "Jacques Villon" at the lower right margin.
It is also Inscribed "épreuve d'essai" (Trial Proof) at the lower right margin.
This is a rare one of a kind proof that Villon printed before the regular edition in order to test the colors of the final edition.
It is probably the only trial proof in these colors.

Provenance: The Former Collection of Jacqueline et Bernard Gheerbrant, Founders of "La Librairie-Galerie La Hune", Paris.

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. Gpe. 505.

Condition : Very Good Condition, creases in the paper.