Lot Essay
The present work is a portrait of the artist's wife, Yvonne, whom he married in 1903.
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Yvonne (Tête de jeune fille)
Details
Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918)
Yvonne (Tête de jeune fille)
signed 'R. Duchamp Villon' (on the side of the neck)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.)
Executed in plaster and terracotta in 1907-1908 and cast in bronze at a later date
Yvonne (Tête de jeune fille)
signed 'R. Duchamp Villon' (on the side of the neck)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.)
Executed in plaster and terracotta in 1907-1908 and cast in bronze at a later date
Literature
W. Pach, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Paris, 1924 (plaster version illustrated p. 39).
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