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Lily (La Femme au Chat or Caresse)

Lily (La Femme au Chat or Caresse)

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Lily (La Femme au Chat or Caresse)
Lily (La Femme au Chat or Caresse)
ArtistFrench, 1875–1963
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Lily (La Femme au Chat or Caresse)
Date1906
MediumDrypoint with orange, blue and black chalk on wove paper, state I/II, trial proof
DimensionsSheet (at opening): 15 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (39.4 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Calvert
Object number2019.648
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: Jacques Villon [cursive]

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