Bather with Swans (La baigneuse aux cygnes)

1893

Félix Vallotton

Associated Names
Félix Vallotton

Artist, Swiss, 1865 - 1925

The image shows black lines and shapes on a tan background. The lines resemble swans with long necks, arcing towards a figure that looks like a person with outstretched arms. There are also jagged lines at the top.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    block: 4.5 x 5.9 cm (1 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 12.5 x 16.2 cm (4 15/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.106.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vallotton/Goerg 1972, no. 126

  • Series Title

    Les petites baigneuses (The Little Bathers): 10 [Vallotton/Goerg 117-126]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1972

  • Vallotton, Maxime and Charles Goerg. Felix Vallotton, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie; catalogue raisonne of the printed graphic work. Geneva: Les Editions de Bonvent, 1972.

Inscriptions

lower right in block: FV; lower right in graphite: fv; lower left verso in graphite: 126 10

Wikidata ID

Q75423239

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