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Jacques Villon

French, 1875-1963
Jacques Villon was born Gaston Duchamp in 1875. He was the oldest brother of the artists Marcel Duchamp, Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti and the sculptor Raymond Duchamp-Villon. Initially a law student, in 1894 he went to Paris to study art. It was there that he met Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and other influential artists in Paris, and changed his name to Jacques Villon, after the poet. Villon made prints of some of the most well-known belle-époque portraits and genre scenes of the early twentieth century. Around 1911, he came under the influence of Picasso and other cubists, and became a leading exponent of the style, exhibiting in the 1913 Armory Show in New York. In 1922, the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune commissioned Villon to produce a series of color aquatints after 38 major nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings. This series included works by Pierre Auguste Renoir, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, Amadeo Modigliani, Edouard Manet, Pierre Bonnard, and others. Artists who were alive at the time of the printing collaborated with Villon, and signed the prints. The project took ten years to complete. Several of these prints are valued highly today, and some went on to be reproduced by the Louvre Museum as photo-etchings. Villon's 'cubist' etchings, with their characteristic cross-hatching, are amongst the most renowned prints of the twentieth century. Jacques Villon's long career brought him fame. The diverse nature of his paintings, from end-of-the-century portraits to cubist and abstract styles to graphic works, made him a major figure in twentieth-century art. He was made a Grand Officer of the Légion d'Honneur, and upon his death in 1963, and he was given a state funeral.
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original lithograph
By Jacques Villon
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This Jacques Villon lithograph was printed in Paris by Mourlot and published in 1959 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue No. 12 "Psycologie de la techniq...
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1950s Jacques Villon

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LE RIRE
By Jacques Villon
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Ginestet Pouillon 390. Sheet size 10.7 x 7 in. Image size 8 x 6 in. Framed. Edition of 140. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certi...
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1930s Cubist Jacques Villon

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Propos sur L'Intelligence book written by Paul Valery - 1926
By Jacques Villon
Located in Roma, IT
Propos sur L'Intelligence  is a book written by Paul Valery de L'academiè Francaise.  Copyright by Paul Valery, 1926. 16 x 11 cm. Contessa Anna Laetitia Pecci collection stamp - B...
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1960s Modern Jacques Villon

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original etching
By Jacques Villon
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This Villon etching was published in Paris in 1956 by Manuel Bruker in an edition of 150-- this impression is from the deluxe ...
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1950s Jacques Villon

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"Tete de Femme" original etching
By Jacques Villon
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Ginestet-Pouillon 525. Printed in 1952 for the art revue XXe Siecle and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Plate size: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in...
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1950s Jacques Villon

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original etching
By Jacques Villon
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1946 on at the atelier Quesneville on BFK Rives paper and published in a limited edition of 300 for the "Alternance" portfolio (a collective art ...
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1940s Jacques Villon

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Avant le Bain - Drawing by Jacques Villon - 1926
By Jacques Villon
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. From the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt Collection. Matting included. Very good condition.
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1960s Modern Jacques Villon

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Intimite (70% OFF LIST PRICE FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME, FRAMING OPTIONS AVAILABLE)
By Jacques Villon
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jacques Villon Intimite 1964 Original Reproduction of a Gouache on Velin d'Arches Size: 10x7.375in Signed in the stone Edition: 2,000 Annotated verso Publisher: Mourlot, Paris Printer: Mourlot, Paris COA provided Notarized facsimile of the imprint showing the edition size included Framing in a simple white or black frame made from composite wood with plex and mat available for $90. Please inquiry within. Ref.: 924802-1542 Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker. Many important museums include works by Villon in their collections, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, Ohio); Museum of Modern Art, New York City...
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1960s Modern Jacques Villon

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Vellum

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