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Jacques Villon

L'avion (The Airplane)

1954

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  • Artist Jacques Villon (French, 1875–1963)
  • Title L'avion (The Airplane)
  • Date 1954
  • Medium Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions unframed | 25 1/2 x 36 1/8 in.
  • Credit line Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., 1965
  • Object number WU 4284

Cubist, Expressionist, and Surrealist Paintings and Sculptures

Works of Art of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Collected by Louise and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.
Saint Louis Art Museum, 01/23/1968 - 03/24/1968

Washington University Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture from Daumier to Pollock
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 04/06/1966 - 05/08/1966

Monet to Buffet
Saint Louis Art Museum, 09/17/1960 - 10/20/1960

Jacques Villon (In Honor of his Eightieth Birthday)
Grace Borgenicht Gallery (New York, New York), 10/31/1955 - 11/19/1955

1965
Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.

Inscription Recto, lower right, in black paint: JACQUES VilloN / 54

Inscription Verso, upper right, in black paint: L'AVION / Jacques Villon / 54

Label Verso, upper center on top stretcher bar, yellowed rectangular label with red border, text printed in red and inscriptions typed and in pencil: [printed:] GALERIE LOUIS CARRÉ & CO / 10 AVENUE DE MESSINE, PARIS-VIII E / [typed:] Jacques Villon / [horizontal, dashed dividing line] / "L'avion" / Peinture, 1954 / 65cm x 92cm / [inscribed:] E 7715

Label Verso, lower left on left stretcher bar, yellowed rectangular label, printed text and inscribed: [printed:] LOUIS CARRÉ / [inscribed:] [illegible letter] 1643 / [printed:] PARIS-VIII

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