La Parisienne (1)
1902
Medium
softground etching, etching, and drypoint in orange-brown on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 46.5 x 37.5 cm (18 5/16 x 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 64.4 x 49.7 cm (25 3/8 x 19 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2007.30.1
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...