Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

Portrait de R.C., 1950
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
Titled and dated on the reverse
46 x 33 cm
Provenance:
- Galerie Charpentier, Paris
- Galerie Louis Carre, Paris
- Paul and Jacqueline Canfrère Collection, 2001
Exhibitions:
- Paris, Galerie Louis Carre, "Raoul Dufy, Gromaire, Fernand Leger, Picasso, Jacques Villon, Henri Laurens, Bores, Esteve, Glarner, Hartung, Soulages", March 13-April 11, 1953
- Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, "Jacques Villon", April 3?30, 1955, illustrated pl. XXI
- Paris, Galerie Charpentier, "Cent tableaux de Jacques Villon", April 27-June 22, 1961, no. 75
- Zurich, Kunsthaus, "Jacques Villon", February 9-March 17, 1963, no. 56
- Toulouse, Galerie Protee, "Villon, Peintures", May 27-June 20, 1982
- Tokyo, Galerie Art Point, "Jacques Villon", March 1-31, 1983, illustrated under no. 22
- New York, Arnold Herstand & Company, "The Brothers Duchamp: Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp", January 23-March 8, 1986, illustrated p. 14
- Paris, Pavillon du Parc, Porte de Versailles (FIAC 2001), Galerie Louis Carre & Cie, "Jacques Villon", October 10-15, 2001
Literature:
- R. Massat, "Jacques Villon", Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1951, illustrated p. 72
- D. Vallier, "Intelligence de Jacques Villon", Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1955, illustrated p. 113. Note: This text was compiled into a volume titled: "Jacques Villon: oeuvres de 1897 a 1956", Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1957, illustrated p. 89
- J. Tardieu, "Cent tableaux de Jacques Villon", Louis Carre, Paris, 1961, (published on the occasion of the exhibition at Galerie Charpentier), illustrated
- D. Schmit, "Jacques Villon, Raumbegriff und Raumkonzeption im Malerischen Werk", Oberhausen, Athena, 2003, illustrated, fig. 68
This work will be included and illustrated in the upcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the painted work of Jacques Villon, to be published by Editions Louis Carre & Cie.