Project for an Illustration to a Poem of Louis de Gonzague Frick

1937

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Graphite, black ink, and gouache, with a graphite border
Dimensions: Overall image: 10 7/8 x 6 1/2in. (27.6 x 16.5cm); overall sheet: 15 11/16 x 11 7/16 in. (39.9 x 29 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.1.759
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Project for an Illustration to a Poem of Louis de Gonzague Frick — Jacques Villon. 1937.

Medium: Graphite, black ink, and gouache, with a graphite border. Dimensions: Overall image: 10 7/8 x 6 1/2in. (27.6 x 16.5cm); overall sheet: 15 11/16 x 11 7/16 in. (39.9 x 29 cm).

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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