Sep 18, 2008 - Sale 2153

Sale 2153 - Lot 190

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JACQUES VILLON
La Prèche.

Pen and black ink and blue and red crayon on tan wove paper, 1894. 282x225 mm; 11 1/8x9 inches. Signed "G Duchamps," dated "Janvier 1894" and dedicated in ink, lower left recto.

The artist adopted the nom d'artiste of Jacques Villon in 1895, taking the surname from the Renaissance poet François Villon (circa 1431-1463) and the first name from the main character in Alphonse Daudet's novel Jack, published in 1876.