Jacques Villon (Gaston Duchamp, known as) (1875-1963) Manège rue Caulaincourt, or Le Petit manège aux chevaux de bois. 1904. Etched zinc, drypoint and aquatint. 500 x 395. Ginestet et Pouillon 111. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Rounded corners. Biffé with two long drypoint strokes in the lower left-hand corner. Inked and varnished. Provenance: Atelier Leblanc, printer. The plate was printed in 50 proofs, part in sanguine, part in olive green. "Villon executed this first plate directly on the copper plate [sic], sitting at the café on rue Caulaincourt, facing the maquis in the background". (C. de Ginestet and C. Pouillon, Jacques Villon, les estampes et les illustrations, Paris, Arts et Métiers graphiques, 1979, p. 72).
Estimate
€400 - €500
Result
€2,432
Buyer's premium
28%
Jacques Villon (Gaston Duchamp, known as) (1875-1963)
Manège rue Caulaincourt, or Le Petit manège aux chevaux de bois. 1904. Etched zinc, drypoint and aquatint. 500 x 395. Ginestet et Pouillon 111. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Rounded corners. Biffé with two long drypoint strokes in the lower left-hand corner. Inked and varnished.
Provenance:
Atelier Leblanc, printer.
The plate was printed in 50 proofs, part in sanguine, part in olive green. "Villon executed this first plate directly on the copper plate [sic], sitting at the café on rue Caulaincourt, facing the maquis in the background". (C. de Ginestet and C. Pouillon, Jacques Villon, les estampes et les illustrations, Paris, Arts et Métiers graphiques, 1979, p. 72).
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