Gaby in a Chaise Longue
1906
Medium
drypoint in black with pastel and spattering on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 53.2 x 41.2 cm (20 15/16 x 16 1/4 in.) sheet: 60.8 x 45.7 cm (23 15/16 x 18 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Paul Mellon Fund
Accession Number
2005.79.4
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jacques Villon · 1875–1963
Jacques Villon, born Gaston Émile Duchamp on July 31, 1875, in Damville, Normandy, hailed from a family brimming with artistic talent. As the eldest of six children, he grew up alongside his brothers Raymond Duchamp-Villon, a pioneering sculptor, and Marcel Duchamp, the renowned Dadaist, as well as his sister Suzanne Duchamp, also a painter. Their maternal grandfather, Émile Frédéric Nicolle, a pr...