Young Man in Conversation with His Uncle

1899

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black ink, gray wash, graphite, and blue crayon on buff wove paper
Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/16 x 15 3/8in. (23 x 39cm)
Collection no.: 1975.1.758
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Young Man in Conversation with His Uncle — Jacques Villon. 1899.

Medium: Black ink, gray wash, graphite, and blue crayon on buff wove paper. Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/16 x 15 3/8in. (23 x 39cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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