Mar 08, 2012 - Sale 2272

Sale 2272 - Lot 781

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
JACQUES VILLON
Femme assise, vue de dos.

Pencil and reddish brown crayon on heavy cream wove paper, circa 1905. 470x580 mm; 18 1/2x23 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right recto. With an impression of En Visite (1re planche), aquatint and drypoint, 1905, verso (Ginestet/Pouillon 130). The aquatint signed in pencil, lower right.

The aquatint is one of only several proofs. We have found only 3 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years. The last impression sold at Swann, May 6, 2004, sale 2005, lot 599.