Inscription: Signed and dated (center): Jacques Villon / 12
[Stephen Hahn, New York, until 1954; sold in 1954 to Goldschmidt and Deitsch]; [Lucien Goldschmidt and Peter Deitsch, New York, 1954–ca. 1955; sold ca. 1954/55 to Macmillan]; Louis Macmillan, New York (ca. 1954/55–1962; sold in 1962 to Deitsch); [Peter H. Deitsch, New York, 1962–63; sold to MMA]
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. "20th Century Master Drawings," November 6, 1963–January 5, 1964, no. 119 (as "Portrait of Felix Barre").
Minneapolis. University Gallery, University of Minnesota. "20th Century Master Drawings," February 3–March 15, 1964, no. 119.
Cambridge. Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University. "20th Century Master Drawings," April 6–May 24, 1964, no. 119.
Paris. Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre. "Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso," October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974, no. 93.
Cambridge, Mass. Fogg Art Museum. "Jacques Villon," January 17–February 29, 1976, no. 49 (as "Portrait de Félix Barré").
Purchase, N. Y. Roy R. Neuberger Museum. "Jacques Villon," March 23–May 23, 1976, no. 49.
Yokohama Museum of Art. "Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century," March 25–June 4, 1989, no. 174 (as "Félix Barre").
Sidney Simon and Emily Rauh. 20th Century Master Drawings. Exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1963, unpaginated, no. 119, pl. 19, note that it is a study for an engraving.
Jacob Bean. 100 European Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, [1964?], unpaginated, no. 79, ill., calls it "Portrait of Félix Barré".
Jacob Bean et al. Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso. Exh. cat., Musée du Louvre. Paris, 1973, p. 67, no. 93, ill. and pl. 88.
Hélène Lassalle inJacques Villon. Exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen. Paris, 1975, p. 87, under no. 48.
Jonathan D. Fineberg inJacques Villon. Ed. Daniel Robbins. Exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum. Cambridge, Mass., 1976, p. 68, no. 49, ill., notes that from 1912 to about 1920, Villon portrayed Barré in four paintings, four drawings (including this one), and three prints.
David S. Rubin inJacques Villon. Ed. Daniel Robbins. Exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum. Cambridge, Mass., 1976, p. 98.
Lowery S. Sims inTreasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century. Exh. cat., Yokohama Museum of Art. Tokyo, 1989, p. 211, no. 174, ill. (color).
Roland Pressat. Jacques Villon: L'Oeuvre gravé. Exposition autour d'une collection. Exh. cat., Musée du Dessin et de l'Estampe Originale. [Gravelines], 1989, p. 75, under no. 43.
Jacques Villon (French, Damville 1875–1963 Puteaux)
1947
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