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Lot 187
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Jacques Villon

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Jacques Villon
  • Baudelaire (au Socle) (G. & P. E 290)
  • Eau-forte sur vélin de Rives BFK 31/50 - Deuxième et dernier état - signé au crayon en bas, à droite Jacques Villon, numéroté dans la marge 31/50 en bas, à gauche
  • eau-forte sur velin
  • image: 415 by 280 mm 16 3/8 by 11 in
  • sheet: 620 by 444 mm 24 3/8 by 17 1/2 in
Etching, 1920, signed in pencil, numbered 31/50, on wove paper, framed

Provenance

Christie's New York, May, 2006, lot 173
Collection Francey & Dr. Martin L. Gecht, Chicago

Literature

C. de Ginestet & C. Pouillon, Les estampes et les illustrations de Jacques Villon:  catalogue raisonné, éd. Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris, 1979, n° E. 290

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full sheet. There is a window of pale light-stain around the image and surface soiling in the margins. The bottom right corner is creased and there are occasional soft handling creases. Inconspicuous foxing is scattered across both the recto and verso. The sheet is brittle.
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