Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

La Parisienne, tournée à droite (première planche)

Etching, softground etching and colour aquatint, 1902
Ginestet et Pouillon E 074

Our impression is similar to Ginestet and Pouillon's definitive state.

Provenance

Louis Carré (1897-1977), by descent. Louis Carré, who had galleries in both New York and Paris, was Villon's dealer for many years.

Notes

'La Parisienne' is a pivotal work in Villon's career as it departs from the nineteenth century Belle Epoque toward a more modern, twentieth century aesthetic.

The sitter for La Parisienne was Yvonne Rever-chon Bon, the sister of the artist Jacques Bon. Yvonne married the brother of Villon in 1903, shortly after Villon began to work on La Parisienne.

Image size : 46.2 x 34 cm (18.2 x 13.4 in)
Sheet size : 64 x 48.9 cm (25.2 x 19.25 in)

£2,800