Paul Cézanne - The Sainte Victoire Mountain with the Grand Pin - Engraving
The Sainte Victoire Mountain at the Grand Pin
Engraving and aquatint after the eponymous painting by Cézanne (held in the Collection of the Courtauld Gallery, London)
Engraved by the French engraver and brother of Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Villon,
Signed in the plate
Numbered out of 20 copies on the back
Dated in pencil 2025 on the back (see photo)
On Somerset vellum, 57.5×76 cm
REFERENCES: Catalogue raisonné "Jacques Villon, les estampes et les illustrations", Colette de Ginestet and Catherine Pouillon. - Paris, 1979, #E 639
Information: 2023 edition of the Louvre Chalcography
Excellent condition
Jacques Villon :
(1875-1963) is a french cubist painter, and is the brother of Marcel Duchamp. He chose the pseudonym de Villon in tribute to the poet François Villon. He started his artistic career with engraving and illustration. In the beginning of the 1900's, he is influenced by Edgar Degas, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Some years later, he is part of the group of Puteaux. His work includes more than 700 canvases. Aged 82, he realised 5 stain-glass windows of the Saint-Etienne Cathedral in Metz. His works are included in the collections of the biggest museums in France, Japan, USA, Italy, Australia, Mexico, Portugal, Great Britain...
