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L’Horizontale de la Chaussée d’Antin

Jacques Villeglé French, 1926 - 2022
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About the Artwork

L’Horizontale de la Chaussée d’Antin

1980

Jacques Villeglé

1926 - 2022

French

Unknown

Paper on canvas

Overall: 5 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches (14 × 18.1 cm) Framed: 6 × 7 1/2 × 1 inches (15.2 × 19.1 × 2.5 cm)

Paintings

European Modern Art to 1970

Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

2024.328

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Markings

Inscribed, in red, on top stretcher: 014 x 018 OF Inscribed, in red, on verso of canvas: L’Horizontale | de la Chaussée d’Antin | 25/V/80

Printed International Art Transport, Paris, label affixed to stretcher, right side, verso, with typed information: [artiste] VILLEGLE [N/Ref.] 28725 R.F.A. | [Titre] [blank] | [Preteur] MONSIEUR VILLEGLE PARIS

Provenance

6/19/1987, sold by (Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, German);
1987-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA, accessioned to the collection in 2024

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Jacques Villeglé, L’Horizontale de la Chaussée d’Antin, 1980, paper on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.328.

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