Jacques Villon / Le Grand Dessinateur / 1934

Jacques Villon
Le Grand Dessinateur
1934
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Creator Name: Villon Jacques
Creator Nationality: French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1875 - 1963
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Jacques Villon
Title: Le Grand Dessinateur
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1934
Creation End Date: 1934
Creation Date: 1934
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Classification Term: Drawing
Materials and Techniques: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: H.9- 7/8 x W.8-7/8 in.
Inscriptions: Inscribed:Signature
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 78.59
Credit Line: The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
Copyright: (c)2002 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.cfm and http://www.arsny.org
Context: A preliminary study for a painting, Le Grand Dessinateur (The Great Draftsman) is a self-portrait of the artist as he sits at his tilted drafting table, a pencil held loosely in his hands. Behind him are three sculptures by his deceased brother, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, including Decorative Basin on the left, and a head of the poet Charles Baudelaire on the table at the right. Villon had been particularly close to his brother, who together with a third brother, the artist Marcel Duchamp, made up one of the most famous families in the history of modern art. The importance given in this drawing to the sculptures of Duchamp-Villon, who died from typhoid fever in 1918, show how his artistic legacy continued to inspire and support his older brother.
AMICA ID: MIA_.78.59
AMICA Library Year: 2003
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