LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil over pencil on canvas

Measurements:

39.29 in. (99.80 cm.) (height) by 28.62 in. (72.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials ‘JV’ (lower left); signed and titled 'Jacques Villon L'ACROBATE' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Paris, Palais Municipal des Expositions, Salon d’automne , October-November 1913, no. 2071.  Ohio, The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ferdinand Howald: The Art of the Collector , 1969. Rouen, Musée des Beaux Arts and Paris, Grand Palais, Jacques Villon , June-December 1975, p. 88, no. 54. Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University and Purchase, New York, Roy. R. Neuberger Museum, Jacques Villon , January-May 1976, p. 75, no. 55a

Literature:

A. Salmon, “Le Salon d’automne” in Montjoie , November-December 1913, no. 11-12, p. 8.  John Quinn, 1870-1925, Collection of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings & Sculpture , New York, 1926, p. 15 (with inverted dimensions). J. Lassaigne, intro., “Jacques Villon” in Editions de Beaune , 1950, p. 8 (illustrated, pl. 5). R. Massat, “Jacques Villon” in Cahiers d’Art , 1951, p. 61 (illustrated; titled ’Equilbriste ). R.V. Gindertael, “Pour aider a mieux comprendre le passage de la ligne (propos de Villon)” in Art d’aujourd’hui , August 1952, no. 6, p. 19 (illustrated). D. Vallier, “Intelligence de Jacques Villon” Cahiers d’Art , 1955, p. 72 (illustrated; titled L’Equilbriste ). D. Vallier, Jacques Villon: Oeuvres de 1897 à 1956 , Paris, 1957, p. 48 (illustrated; titled L’Equilibriste ). D. Robbins, ed., Jacques Villon , exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1976, p. 75 (illustrated, fig. 55a)

Provenance:

John J. Quinn, New York; Estate sale, American Art Galleries, Inc., New York, 10 February 1927, lot 260. Ferdinand Howald, Columbus. Florence Howald Shawan, Columbus (by descent from the above, circa 1934). Virginia Bonnet and David Howald Shawan, Columbus (by descent from the above, by 1969). E.V. Thaw & Co., Inc., New York. Ruth G. Hardman, Tulsa (acquired from the above); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2004, lot 116. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner