Jacques Villeglé

(French, born 1926)

Jacques Villeglé is a French artist and “affichiste,” best known for his torn collaged works made from posters and advertisements. Villeglé’s work is representative of an obscured sense of cultural reference and the deterioration of civilization, with his densely layered surfaces suggesting social and political critiques through their appropriated imagery. “In the 1930s, the poster was called the newspaper of the street,” he explained, “something that really reflected society. And what I think I realized at the time was that the posters, as an art form, were always going to evolve and so there would always be something new to explore.” Born in Quimper, France on March 27, 1926, it was during a stay in Saint-Malo in 1947 when he began pilfering material from the city's Atlantic-retaining wall for use in collage. Over time, he developed his distinctive process of layered advertising posters, offering a ripped and degraded conceptual survey of contemporary French culture that became an important influence to the Nouveau Realisme movement. Villeglé's work is aligned with the Ultra-Lettrist movement of the late 1950s, stemming from his contact with the Lettrist poet François Dufrêne in 1954 who would also introduce him to the prominent artists Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely.

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Sartre S’Est Trompe, 2009

Jacques Villeglé

Sartre S’Est Trompe, 2009

Sale Date: July 3, 2016

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THÉÂTRE DE L'AMBIGU, 1972

Jacques Villeglé

THÉÂTRE DE L'AMBIGU, 1972

Sale Date: June 29, 2016

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Sans titre

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Autoportrait

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Autoportrait

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare 16 mars 1967, 1967

Jacques Villeglé

Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare 16 mars 1967, 1967

Sale Date: June 10, 2016

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AUTOPORTRAIT, 2007

Jacques Villeglé

AUTOPORTRAIT, 2007

Sale Date: June 1, 2016

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SANS TITRE, 2006

Jacques Villeglé

SANS TITRE, 2006

Sale Date: June 1, 2016

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BORDEAUX HANGARD V, 1998

Jacques Villeglé

BORDEAUX HANGARD V, 1998

Sale Date: June 1, 2016

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Décollage (From: Édition MAT Collection , 1961–1965

Jacques Villeglé

Décollage (From: Édition MAT Collection , 1961–1965

Sale Date: June 4, 2016

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Composition - circa 1980

Jacques Villeglé

Composition - circa 1980

Sale Date: May 24, 2016

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Composition

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: April 24, 2016

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Senza titolo

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: April 7, 2016

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Le Duel, 1986

Jacques Villeglé

Le Duel, 1986

Sale Date: April 9, 2016

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55 RUE VERCINGETORIX 13 FEVRIER 1971, 1971

Jacques Villeglé

55 RUE VERCINGETORIX 13 FEVRIER 1971, 1971

Sale Date: April 4, 2016

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Composition

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: February 28, 2016

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Hommage à Van Dongen

Jacques Villeglé

Hommage à Van Dongen

Sale Date: February 27, 2016

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Rue Perceval, 1970

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Perceval, 1970

Sale Date: February 12, 2016

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Composition

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: December 2, 2015

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Conscients de leur singularité, table bureau, 2007

Jacques Villeglé

Conscients de leur singularité, table bureau, 2007

Sale Date: December 15, 2015

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Sans titre, 2006

Jacques Villeglé

Sans titre, 2006

Sale Date: December 17, 2015

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Autoportrait, 2007

Jacques Villeglé

Autoportrait, 2007

Sale Date: December 17, 2015

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Rue Maurice de Vlaminck, 1959

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Maurice de Vlaminck, 1959

Sale Date: December 9, 2015

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Composition

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: December 6, 2015

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