Nov 12, 2020 - Sale 2550

Sale 2550 - Lot 338

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
JACQUES VILLON
Portrait d'Acteur.

Drypoint, 1913. 400x315 mm; 16x12 1/2 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2), after cancellation. One of only two known proofs in this state, aside from the edition of 32 (the other impression is in the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada). Signed and inscribed "tiré a 32 épreuves numerotes plus 2 épreuves d'Essai" in pencil, lower margin. Ex-collection Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York; private collection, Massachusetts; Sotheby's, New York, November 14, 1987, sale 5634, lot 667. A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce, important print. Ginestet/Pouillon 283.