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Overlapping geometric shapes overlaid by closely knit vertical lines.
Le Petit Equilibriste
Overlapping geometric shapes overlaid by closely knit vertical lines.
Overlapping geometric shapes overlaid by closely knit vertical lines.
Le Petit Equilibriste, Jacques Villon, 1914, etching on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2023 Jacques Villon / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Le Petit Equilibriste

Artist (French, 1875 - 1963)
Date1914
Mediumetching on paper
DimensionsSheet: 16 1/8 × 11 3/4 inches (41 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Julianna F. Waring.
Object number1972.23.14
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Copyright© 2023 Jacques Villon / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextJacques Villon, arguably the most prominent Cubist printmaker, is also known for being the elder brother of artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968). Villon’s Le Petit Equilibriste presents a fragmented, abstracted view of the limbs of an acrobat in motion.
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