Photo of collection object The Fertile Eyes (Les Yeux fertiles) (plate) from Un Poème dans chaque livre — Villon, Jacques. The Fertile Eyes (Les Yeux fertiles) (plate) from Un Poème dans chaque livre, 1956. Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and engraving with roulette from an illustrated book with seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and roulette), three drypoints (one with engraving), two aquatints, two woodcuts, one engraving, and one lithograph, plate: 6 1/16 × 5 13/16" (15.4 × 14.8 cm); page: 7 1/2 × 7 1/16" (19 × 18 cm). The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1100.1964.13. (Photo: MoMA)

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The Fertile Eyes (Les Yeux fertiles) (plate) from Un Poème dans chaque livre

1956

Jacques Villon

French, 1875–1963

Drawings & Prints

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Villon, Jacques
Classification: Illustrated Book
Formatted Medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and engraving with roulette from an illustrated book with seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and roulette), three drypoints (one with engraving), two aquatints, two woodcuts, one engraving, and one lithograph
Medium: etching, aquatint, drypoint, engraving, roulette, from, illustrated, book, etchings, drypoints, aquatints, woodcuts, lithograph
Dimensions: plate: 6 1/16 × 5 13/16" (15.4 × 14.8 cm); page: 7 1/2 × 7 1/16" (19 × 18 cm)
Departments: Drawings & Prints
Accession Number: 1100.1964.13
Credit Line: The Louis E. Stern Collection
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