Jacques Villon
Londres, 1929
Colour aquatint.
45 x 60 cm
17 3/4 x 23 5/8 in
(sheet)
17 3/4 x 23 5/8 in
(sheet)
Edition of 200. After Maximilien Luce (1858-1941).
Singed by Luce and Villon in pencil, numbered.
Vistavka Fine Art
Stand S10
Stand S10
Literature: Ginestet & Pouillon 663. In 1922, the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune commissioned Villon to produce a series of colour aquatints after major nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings. Artists who were alive at...
Literature: Ginestet & Pouillon 663.
In 1922, the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune commissioned Villon to produce a series of colour aquatints after major nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings. Artists who were alive at the time of the printing collaborated with Villon and signed the prints, like in the case of our print. The project took ten years to complete.
Our work is after the painting of 1893, now in the Yale University Art Gallery (Ref.1983.53.2). Though the print is traditionally called “Londres” (London), the work depicts the banks of river Seine in Paris and most probably the view of the Palais de la Cité, with its distinctive Medieval towers.
In 1922, the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune commissioned Villon to produce a series of colour aquatints after major nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings. Artists who were alive at the time of the printing collaborated with Villon and signed the prints, like in the case of our print. The project took ten years to complete.
Our work is after the painting of 1893, now in the Yale University Art Gallery (Ref.1983.53.2). Though the print is traditionally called “Londres” (London), the work depicts the banks of river Seine in Paris and most probably the view of the Palais de la Cité, with its distinctive Medieval towers.
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