GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Seated in a well-appointed interior, three well-dressed bourgeois women gaze intently at an activity unfolding outside of the composition. As the title suggests, they are the exclusive audience of an amateur play presented in the home of a socially elevated acquaintance, a phenomenon coined a Comédie de Société in Parisian journals of the time. Although we cannot see the performance, the inclusion of a Rococo-inspired scene of naked nymphs frolicking in a landscape suggests the play is a light-hearted comedy. The brother of the modern artist Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Villon had early success as a printmaker before going on to make a name for himself as a Cubist painter and proponent of abstraction in the opening decades of the 20th century.
Excerpt from
Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
NOTES
Created 1903
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Villon, Jacques (French, 1875-1963)
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location and place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
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WEB RESOURCES
- Guggenheim, New York~Read a biography of Jacques Villon from the Guggenheim.
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC~View many works by Villon from the NGA.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art~Check out this photograph of Jacques Villon and his brothers, Marcel Duchamp and Raymond Duchamp-Villon.
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General Description
Seated in a well-appointed interior, three well-dressed bourgeois women gaze intently at an activity unfolding outside of the composition. As the title suggests, they are the exclusive audience of an amateur play presented in the home of a socially elevated acquaintance, a phenomenon coined a Comédie de Société in Parisian journals of the time. Although we cannot see the performance, the inclusion of a Rococo-inspired scene of naked nymphs frolicking in a landscape suggests the play is a light-hearted comedy. The brother of the modern artist Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Villon had early success as a printmaker before going on to make a name for himself as a Cubist painter and proponent of abstraction in the opening decades of the 20th century.
Excerpt from
Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Guggenheim, New York~Read a biography of Jacques Villon from the Guggenheim.
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC~View many works by Villon from the NGA.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art~Check out this photograph of Jacques Villon and his brothers, Marcel Duchamp and Raymond Duchamp-Villon.
Notes
Created 1903
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Villon, Jacques (French, 1875-1963)
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location and place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
VIDEO ASSETS
rules
Apply To
Objects
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