Category
Print-MultipleMedium
EtchingType of Artwork
Multiple (50)Certificate issued by
Gilden's Art Gallery Signature
Hand signedSize of the artwork
16 x 25 cm(6.3 x 9.84 in)
Invoice issued by
Gilden's Art Gallery Condition
good conditionCatalogue raisonné reference
Ginestet et Pouillon E. 293Artwork description
Jacques VILLON
(1875-1963)
The Bird | L’Oiseau(1921)
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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.