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JACQUES VILLON (1875-1963) Composition sur Fond Brun 1921oil on canvas, signed 'JV' to lower left31 x 26 7/8in (79 x 68cm) Together with a certificate of Authenticity from Patrick Bongers, Editions Louis Carre et Cie, dated October 16, 2001. image 1
JACQUES VILLON (1875-1963) Composition sur Fond Brun 1921oil on canvas, signed 'JV' to lower left31 x 26 7/8in (79 x 68cm) Together with a certificate of Authenticity from Patrick Bongers, Editions Louis Carre et Cie, dated October 16, 2001. image 2
Lot 42

JACQUES VILLON (1875-1963)
Composition sur Fond Brun
1921
oil on canvas, signed 'JV' to lower left
31 x 26 7/8in (79 x 68cm)

Together with a certificate of Authenticity from Patrick Bongers, Editions Louis Carre et Cie, dated October 16, 2001.

17 December 2020, 11:00 EST
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US$15,000 - US$25,000

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JACQUES VILLON (1875-1963)

Composition sur Fond Brun
1921
oil on canvas, signed 'JV' to lower left
31 x 26 7/8in (79 x 68cm)

Together with a certificate of Authenticity from Patrick Bongers, Editions Louis Carre et Cie, dated October 16, 2001.

Footnotes

Provenance
Louis Carré & Cie Gallery, Paris
Private collection, Paris

Exhibited
New-York, Rose Fried Gallery, Villon, 1953, no. 1
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Exposition Jacques Villon, Peintures, 1955, no. 6, illustrated pl. V
Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Jacques Villon, Peintures, 1955, no. 4
Venice, XXVIIIe Biennale di Venezia, Pavillon des nations, section française, 1956, no. 69, under the title 'Fondo Scuro'
Sao Paulo, Museum of Modern Art, VI Bienal de Sao Paulo, 1961, no. 4, under the title 'Fondo Scuro'
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Jacques Villon, 1963, no. 6
Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 'Les Duchamps, Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp, Suzanne Duchamp', 1967
Montrouge, XXVIIIe Salon de Montrouge, Contemporary Art, Jacques Villon, 1983, no. 9
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Association Campredon Art et Culture, Jacques Villon, 1992-93, illustrated, p. 24

Literature
Simone Frigerio, 'Jacques Villon' in Aujourd'hui, Art et Architecture, Paris, no. 32, Juillet 1961, illustrated p. 8

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