JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963
(Gaston Duchamp) Damville 1875-1963 Paris (French)
Title: The Small Mechanical Workshop | Le petit atelier de mécanique, 1914
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching on Arches Laid Paper
Paper size: 24 x 32 cm. / 9.4 x 12.6 in.
Image size: 16.4 x 19.7 cm. / 6.3 x 7.8 in.
Additional Information: This etching is hand signed in by the artist in pencil “Jacques Villon” at the lower right margin.
It is also signed and dated in the lower image.
It is also numbered from the edition of 50, in the lower left margin.
Note:
This is the first example of Villon’s use of dividing the surface of the plate with pyramidal shapes, a key component of the Cubist style.
Provenance: The Collection of Olga Carré-Burel formally known as the Collection of Louis Carré.
This was one of the most important collections of Villon’s work in the world if not the most important one.
Olga Carré (born Burel) was the wife of the important Paris Gallery owner and Collector Louis Carré. He passed away in 1977 and so his wife, Olga Carré, inherited his collection. Louis Carré was the main dealer of Jacques Villon and exhibited his works regularly in his Gallery in Paris and New York. Most of their collection was bought directly from the artists.
Literature: de Ginestet, C. & Pouillon, C. (1973). Jacques Villon-Les Estampes, Les Illustrations-Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques.
Reference: de Ginestet & Pouillon E.289
Condition: Very good condition. Very soft fold across the lower right corner.
JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963
(Gaston Duchamp) Damville 1875-1963 Paris (French)
Title: The Bird | L’Oiseau, 1921
Technique: Original Hand Signed Etching on Arches Laid Paper
Paper size: 16 x 25 cm. / 6.3 x 9.8 in.
Image size: 10 x 16.8 cm. / 3.9 x 6.6 in.
Additional Information: This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Jacques Villon” at the lower right margin.
It is also inscribed “tiré à 50” [pull of 50], at the lower left margin.
Our impression is one of 50 impressions printed in 1921. They were annotated but not numbered.
Villon reprinted the same etching in 1955 in the book Eloge de Jacques Villon by Jacques Lassaigne in an edition of 200.
The work is additionally signed and dated in the lower left image.
The paper bears a partial Arches watermark in the lower right margin.
Literature: de Ginestet, C. & Pouillon, C. (1979). Jacques Villon-Les Estampes, Les Illustrations-Catalogue Raisonne. Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques.
Reference: Ginestet et Pouillon E. 293.
Condition: Good condition. Time-staining across the image. Remnants of adhesive tape along the upper sheet edges, verso.
RAOUL DUFY 1877-1953
Le Havre 1877-1953 Forcalquier (French)
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JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963
(Gaston Duchamp)
Damville 1875 – 1963 Paris (French)
Title: Nautical Festival | Fête nautique, 1926
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 57.2 x 68.3 cm. / 22.5 x 26.9 in.
Image size: 46.5 x 53 cm. / 18.3 x 20.9 in.
Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Raoul Dufy” at the lower left margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 200, at the lower left margin.
It is further inscribed “Gravé par Jacques Villon 1926” in the lower right platemark.
After the First World War Jacques Villon engraved a series of Aquatints after paintings of the Modern masters, such as Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Derain, Laurencin, Signac, Renoir, Cezanne, Vlaminck, Bonnard, Manet, Dufy, Luce, Modigiliani, Van Gogh, and others.
This particular work was etched and aquatinted on the plate by Jacques Villon after the specially prepared maquette by Dufy and with Dufy’s collaboration and supervision.
The work was published by Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris in 1928.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the lower margin.
Literature: de Ginestet, C. & Pouillon, C. (1979). Jacques Villon-Les Estampes, Les Illustrations-Catalogue Raisonné. Paris : Arts et Metiers Graphiques.
Reference: Ginestet et Pouillon no. E 649.
Condition: Very good condition. The left margin unevenly reduced.
JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963 (Gaston Duchamp)
Damville 1875-1963 Paris (French)
Title: Noblesse, 1921
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Etching on handmade paper.
Paper Size: 24 x 12.5 cm / 9.5 x 4.9 in
Plate Size: 14.5 x 8.5 cm / 5.7 x 3.4 in
Additional Information: This work is hand signed by the artist in pencil “Jacques Villon” at the lower right margin. It is Hand Inscribed “tire a 50” (printed in an edition of 50 impressions) in pencil at the lower left margin. This Etching is also dated in pencil “1921” in the upper right corner. The etching is additionally signed in the plate by the artist “Jacques Villon” at the lower right corner.
Provenance: The Collection of Olga Carre-Burel The Collection of Louis Carre. This work belonged to the Collection of Olga Carre-Burel formally known as the Collection of Louis Carre. It was one of the most important collections of Villon’s work in the world if not the most important one. Olga Carre (born Burel) was the wife of the important Paris Gallery owner and Collector Louis Carre. He passed away in 1977 and so his wife, Olga Carre, inherited his collection. Louis Carre was the main dealer of Jacques Villon and exhibited his works regularly in his Gallery in Paris and New York. Most of their collection was bought directly from the artists.
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 nA.-P. 205, illustrated in page 189.
Condition: Good condition, light discoloration of the paper. Light handling creases and fold. Light foxing.