The Church of Souain
1917
Artist, Swiss, 1865 - 1925
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 96 x 130 cm (37 13/16 x 51 3/16 in.)
framed: 120 x 154.3 x 6.3 cm (47 1/4 x 60 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1990.30.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist [1865-1925]; his estate: Pierre-René Vallotton, Richmond and Alfred Vallotton, Paris; (Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne) until at least 1985; private collection, Lausanne; (Mr. and Mrs. Paul Josefowitz, London);[1] purchased 18 May 1990 by NGA.
[1] Early provenance per Marina Ducrey, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925. L'oeuvre peint, 3 vols., Lausanne, 2005, III: no. 1080. It is probable that the Lausanne private collection and Mr. and Mrs. Josefowitz are one and the same.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1970
Félix Vallotton, peintre et écrivain, Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, 1970 [no catalogue].
1983
Felix Vallotton, Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, 1983, no. 14, repro.
1985
Felix Vallotton, Huiles, Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, 1985, no. 7, repro.
1991
Felix Vallotton: A Retrospective, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, travelling exhibition, 1991-1993, pl. 246, repro. 204, 302, as The Church of Souain in Silhouette.
1994
A Bitter Truth: Avant-Garde Art and the Great War (Die letzten Tage der Menschheit - Bilder des Ersten Weltkrieges), Altes Museum, Berlin; Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1994, pl. 200, repro., as Church at Souain, ruins and ruble.
2013
Félix Vallotton: Le feu sous la glace [Félix Vallotton: Fire Beneath the Ice], Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, 2013-2014, no. 168, repro.
Bibliography
1936
Hahnloser-Bühler, Hedy. Félix Vallotton et ses amis. Paris, 1936:no. 1115
1985
Busch, Günter, et al. Vallotton. Lausanne, 1985:no. 158, repro.
2005
Ducrey, Marina. Félix Vallotton 1865-1925. L'oeuvre peint. 3 vols., Lausanne, 2005:III:no. 1180, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: F.VALLOTTON.17
Wikidata ID
Q20192100