La faute (The Mistake)
Jacques Villon (born Gaston Emile Duchamp), French, 1875 - 1963
1904
Brush aquatint etching on Arches paper
Plate: 15 3/8 × 11 7/8 in. (39 × 30.2 cm)
Frame: 28 11/16 × 24 1/8 in. (72.8 × 61.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. Herbert Prem, Jr.
2025.47.3
Geography
Place Made: France, Western Europe, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right, in graphite: Jacques Villon
Provenance
Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York, New York; sold to Herbert and Patricia Prem, 1963; given to present collection, 2025.
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