Accession Number1959/1.105
TitleComposition
Artist(s)Jacques VillonArtist NationalityFrench (culture or style)Object Creation Date1927Medium & Supportcolor aquatint on paperDimensions 25.9 x 19 15/16 in. (65.9 x 50.5 cm);22 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. (56.04 x 71.28 cm);20 1/8 x 26 in. (51 x 66 cm);13 1/2 x 19 3/8 in. (34.29 x 49.21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum PurchaseLabel copyThe brother of artists Marcel Duchamp and Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Villon came from a close, sophisticated, and intellectual family. He began his printmaking career during the 1890s with a series of elegant scenes of turn-of-the-century Paris, but from 1911 onwards he was closely linked to the Cubist movement.Villon was among the most prolific of the Cubist printmakers. He was also among the most technically sophisticated, a master of intaglio processes. Highly systematic and analytic in his approach, Villon's prints are often, as here, closely related to his paintings and drawings.
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Keywords
abstraction
modern and contemporary art