Renée on a Bicycle (Renée à bicyclette)
Jacques Villon
1906
Medium
drypoint, aquatint, and roulette in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 39.4 x 29.8 cm (15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 58 x 40 cm (22 13/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Ruth Benedict
Accession Number
1974.113.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jacques Villon
Jacques Villon, born Gaston Émile Duchamp on July 31, 1875, in Damville, Normandy, hailed from a family brimming with artistic talent. As the eldest of six children, he grew up alongside his brothers Raymond Duchamp-Villon, a pioneering sculptor, and Marcel Duchamp, the renowned Dadaist, as well as his sister Suzanne Duchamp, also a painter. Their maternal grandfather, Émile Frédéric Nicolle, a pr...