Jacques Villon, after Amedeo Modigliani: *The Italian Woman* - Lot 247

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Jacques Villon, after Amedeo Modigliani: *The Italian Woman* - Lot 247
Jacques Villon, after Amedeo Modigliani: *The Italian Woman*, after Modigliani, 1926–1927 Color aquatint on Arches vellum, Arches watermark in the left margin, reprint from the Chalcographie du Louvre Inscribed in the lower margin of the print: “MODIGLIANI PINXT” at the bottom left, “CHALCOGRAPHIE. DU LOUVRE” at the bottom center, “JACQUES VILLON SCT” at the bottom right; unsigned, as is typical for this print Dimensions: Sheet 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in.); Plate 50 × 31 cm (19.7 × 12.2 in.) Condition: Good. Sharp impression, clean plate, montages intact. Slight handling creases. Unframed. References: Ginestet & Pouillon 650 Period: Copperplate engraving from 1926–1927; later print from the Chalcographie du Louvre Private collection, France Villon transposes Modigliani’s *La Bohémienne*, painted in 1917, into an aquatint: a woman seated in a white blouse with a red collar holds a child swaddled in blue across her lap; her elongated face and almond-shaped eyes are rendered through layered backgrounds of ochre, verdigris, and brick red. This print comes from the Chalcographie du Louvre, which holds the copper plate and produces unsigned reprints from it; it differs from the signed edition of 200 copies published by Bernheim-Jeune in 1927–28.
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