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Bullfighter

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Bullfighter
cropped from frame- image provided by MFAH conservation department
ArtistFrench, 1875–1963
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Bullfighter
Date1961
MediumWatercolor, pen and ink, and charcoal on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (at open): 9 1/16 × 14 5/16 in. (23 × 36.3 cm)
 Frame: 18 1/8 × 23 1/8 × 1 1/16 in. (46 × 58.7 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Will L. McLendon in memory of Norbert Choucroun
Object number2026.45
Not on view

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Department
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Object Type
ProvenanceWill McClendon Collection, Houston; bequeathed to MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition Historynone known for these drawings.
Published References none known for these drawings. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in pen and ink, right center: Jacques Villon 1961
Recto: Signed and dated in pen and ink, right center: Jacques Villon 1961
Recto: Watermark, right lower edge: [Possible, not decipherable]
Catalogue raisonnéBongers, Patrick. Catalogue raisonné of the paintings by Jacques Villon. Paris: Editions Louis Carré & Cie.

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