Jacques Villon

Yvonne aux Mains Croisées Ginestet & Pouillon 225 drypoint, 1908, on Chine volant paper, a delicate proof impression, with good burr, the only known state, with wide margins, signed lower right in pencil, two very short tears (a few mm.) in the upper right corner and the right sheet edge, otherwise in excellent condition P. 396x304mm., S. 630x435mm.

Provenance: the artist's studio

This fine print represents the artist's younger sister Yvonne in a probing and highly sensitive treatment of the adolescent sitter (cf. the previous drypoint, En Visite), making this one of his more moving portraits.

Ginestet & Pouillon record 25 impressions, although it is unclear if there was a real edition of this print.