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.| Average Sold Price |
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Composition (Ginestet/Pouillon 42-64), Hésiode, Les Travaux et les Jours
By Jacques Villon
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching in colors on vélin de Rives paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Hésiode, Les Travaux et les jours. E...
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1960s Modern Jacques Villon
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Intimite (Mourlot, Paris, Master Printer)
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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Composition (Ginestet/Pouillon 65-72), Jacques Villon, Huit lithographies
By Jacques Villon
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in pencil and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jacques Villon, Huit Lithographies Originales, 1962. Published ...
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1940s Modern Jacques Villon
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Lithograph
Golgotha
By Jacques Villon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jacques Villon (French, 1875-1963)
Title: Golgotha
Year: 1956
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 74/80 in pencil
Paper: Rives
Image size: 25.25 x 18.5 inches
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Jacques Villon
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Lithograph
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 edition of 15 on japon impéria...
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1950s Jacques Villon
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Intimité
By Jacques Villon
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Mourlot Press, 1964.
Lithograph in colors on Velin d’Arches paper, 6 3/4 x 10 inches (170 x 253 mm), full margins. Published by Fernand Mourlot and Jean Adhemar, 1964. In ver...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Jacques Villon
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Lithograph, Handmade Paper
Composition (Ginestet/Pouillon 65-72), Jacques Villon, Huit lithographies
By Jacques Villon
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in pencil and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jacques Villon, Huit Lithographies Originales, 1962. Published ...
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1940s Modern Jacques Villon
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Lithograph
"Homme prechant" original etching
By Jacques Villon
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This classic Villon etching was published in Paris in 1955 by Manuel Bruker in an edition of 200. Plate size 11 x 8 1/2 inches (275 x 218 mm). A nice impres...
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1950s Jacques Villon
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Etching
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