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A black and white print shows circular shapes through a dense grid of intersecting lines.

In this black and white print, numerous straight lines separated by only a millimeter form a thick grid. Behind them, along the left and upper sides of the scene, are globular shapes. In the middle of the image, the grid is interrupted by three large, bright white circular forms. A long rectangular shape sticks out from under the circular form on the right. The phrase "épreuve d’artiste" and the artist’s signature are handwritten in cursive underneath the image.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.378
People
Jacques Villon, French (Damville, France 1875 - 1963 Puteaux, France)
Title
Globes
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Still Life
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1930
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370291

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 17.2 × 21.8 cm (6 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
sheet: 30.2 × 39.9 cm (11 7/8 × 15 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in graphite: Jacques Villon
  • watermark: seated nude woman in circle

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[R. E. Lewis, Inc., Original Prints and Drawings, San Francisco], traded (for the same print in a later state); with Mariot F. Solomon (Mrs. Hugh Matthews), Cambridge, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
artist's proof
Standard Reference Number
Auberty & Pérussaux 225 I/I; de Ginestat & Pouillon 333

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Copyright
© Jacques Villon / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.378
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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