Male portrait
| Reference: | S42102 |
| Author | Jacques VILLON |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Measures: | 160 x 215 mm |
€1,000.00
| Reference: | S42102 |
| Author | Jacques VILLON |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Measures: | 160 x 215 mm |
€1,000.00
Description
Etching, circa 1956, impressed on white China paper, signed in pencil at lower right Jacques Villon.
Proof for the work, printed on Arches watermarked paper, which will be published in the book Laus Veneris by Algernon Charles Swinburne, printed in Paris by Manuel Bruker in 1956, with a print issue of 150 numbered copies. The work contains 10 etchings by Jacques Villon; the present portrait constitutes the first of the plates, but it is finished in aquatint in color and not signed in pencil by the artist.
The catalog raisonné of Villon's graphic work, does not include examples of this work signed by the artist: “Texte de Swinburne, traduction de Vielé-Griffin, illustré de 10 fortes tirées sur fond de couleur, dont 6 hors-texte. Ces eaux-fortes ont été gravées en collaboration avec Fiorini. De cet ouvrage imprimé sur vélin d'Arches à la forme il a été tiré 150 exemplaires numérotés de 1 à 150. Aux 15 premiers exemplaires il a été joint une suite complète sur Japon impérial et une suite en noir sur Chine. Il a été tiré en outre 20 exemplaires numérotés de I à XX avec une suite en noir sur Chine appliqué et la décomposition du frontispice, pour les Bibliophiles de l'Etoile, et hors commerce, sur papier impérial, 6 exemplaires marqués des lettres A à F avec une suite sur Montval en sanguine, une suite sur Chine en noir et une suite complète sur papier nacre” (cfr. Colette de Ginestet et Catherine Pouillon, Jacques Villon: Les Estampes et les Illustrations, Catalogue Raisonné, p. 426).
Jacques Villon is the pseudonym of the painter and engraver Gaston Duchamp (Damville, Eure, 1875 - Puteaux, Paris, 1963), brother of R. Duchamp-Villon and M. Duchamp. In a first phase of artistic production Villon developed an original language that blends suggestions of Fauves to a personal interpretation of Cubist instances, while later his pictorial experiences turned to the study of light. At a very young age he dedicated himself to engraving following the teaching of his grandfather, painter and engraver, Émile Nicolle. After secondary studies, he settled in Paris in 1894, where he chose the pseudonym of his favorite poet, François Villon, collaborated with drawings and engravings of impressionist accent to satirical newspapers (Chat noir, Gil Blas, L'assiette au beurre) and performed series of posters for cabarets. From the geometric scanning of plans realized through chromatic modulations between 1919 and 1922, he gradually reached abstraction. This was followed by a period of economic difficulties during which the artist was forced to abandon painting almost entirely and to devote himself to the reproduction in engraving of works by modern artists for a Parisian gallery. Returning to painting in 1930, Villon dedicated himself in particular to the study of light, developing works marked by a more complex chromatic orchestration of pure ranges.
Beautiful example of this rare work.
Bibliografia
Colette de Ginestet et Catherine Pouillon, Jacques Villon: Les Estampes et les Illustrations, Catalogue Raisonné, pp. 426-427, App. 1.
Jacques VILLON (Damville, Eure, 1875 - Puteaux, Paris, 1963)
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Gaston Duchamp (Jacque Villon) was born in Damville, Normandy, on July 31, 1875. He began his artistic education under the guidance of his grandfather, Emille Nicolle, who taught him engraving. In 1894 he enrolled in the faculty of law at the University of Paris; in the summer he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rouen and soon after began to send drawings to local illustrated newspapers. Obtained from his father's permission to study art, on condition not to interrupt his university studies, he returned to Paris where he attended the Atelier Cormon, and in 1895 he adopted the pseudonym Jacques Villon.
For about ten years he worked mainly in the field of graphics, publishing drawings in illustrated magazines and making posters and colored prints. In 1903 he took part in the organization of the graphic section of the first Salon d'Automne. In 1904-05 he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, painting in the Neo-Impressionist style. In 1905 the Galerie Legrip of Rouen organizes the first exhibition of his works, presented along with those of his brother Raymond (Duchamp-Villon). From 1906-07 he devoted himself more assiduously to painting and from 1910 he devoted himself almost exclusively to it. In 1906 he settled in Puteaux, where in 1911, along with his brothers Marcel (Duchamp) and Raymond (Duchamp-Villon), attended the group Puteaux, which include František Kupka, Francis Picabia, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Fernand Léger and others. In the same year he participated in the founding of the group Section d'Or which gives its name.
In 1913 he exhibited successfully at the Armory Show in New York and in the same city, in 1921, held at the Société Anonyme his first solo exhibition in the United States, where around 1930 his fame is greater than in Europe. In 1932 he joined the Abstraction Création group, with which he exhibited several times. An important exhibition of his work was organized in Paris in 1944 by the Galerie Louis Carré, which from then on assumed the exclusive representation of the artist. Villon received several honors at international exhibitions, including First Prize at the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh in 1950 and the Grand Prize for Painting at the Venice Biennale in 1956. In 1955 he designed the stained glass windows for the cathedral of Metz. He died in Puteaux on June 9, 1963.
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Jacques VILLON (Damville, Eure, 1875 - Puteaux, Paris, 1963)
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Gaston Duchamp (Jacque Villon) was born in Damville, Normandy, on July 31, 1875. He began his artistic education under the guidance of his grandfather, Emille Nicolle, who taught him engraving. In 1894 he enrolled in the faculty of law at the University of Paris; in the summer he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rouen and soon after began to send drawings to local illustrated newspapers. Obtained from his father's permission to study art, on condition not to interrupt his university studies, he returned to Paris where he attended the Atelier Cormon, and in 1895 he adopted the pseudonym Jacques Villon.
For about ten years he worked mainly in the field of graphics, publishing drawings in illustrated magazines and making posters and colored prints. In 1903 he took part in the organization of the graphic section of the first Salon d'Automne. In 1904-05 he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, painting in the Neo-Impressionist style. In 1905 the Galerie Legrip of Rouen organizes the first exhibition of his works, presented along with those of his brother Raymond (Duchamp-Villon). From 1906-07 he devoted himself more assiduously to painting and from 1910 he devoted himself almost exclusively to it. In 1906 he settled in Puteaux, where in 1911, along with his brothers Marcel (Duchamp) and Raymond (Duchamp-Villon), attended the group Puteaux, which include František Kupka, Francis Picabia, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Fernand Léger and others. In the same year he participated in the founding of the group Section d'Or which gives its name.
In 1913 he exhibited successfully at the Armory Show in New York and in the same city, in 1921, held at the Société Anonyme his first solo exhibition in the United States, where around 1930 his fame is greater than in Europe. In 1932 he joined the Abstraction Création group, with which he exhibited several times. An important exhibition of his work was organized in Paris in 1944 by the Galerie Louis Carré, which from then on assumed the exclusive representation of the artist. Villon received several honors at international exhibitions, including First Prize at the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh in 1950 and the Grand Prize for Painting at the Venice Biennale in 1956. In 1955 he designed the stained glass windows for the cathedral of Metz. He died in Puteaux on June 9, 1963.
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