La Manifestation (The Demonstration)

1893

Félix Vallotton

Associated Names
Félix Vallotton

Artist, Swiss, 1865 - 1925

This is a drawing of a chaotic scene on a street. The scene is depicted with bold black lines on a plain background. A group of individuals are shown running and falling in different directions. The style is simplified and graphic, focusing on the contrast between light and dark. The composition directs the eye through a crowd, where hats and scarves are swirling. In the foreground, a top hat and umbrella have been dropped. The piece resembles the expressive graphic style associated with early 20th-century European printmaking.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.476

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vallotton/Goerg 1972, no. 110, State a/c


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1932

  • Godefroy 1932, 109.

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.

1996

  • Hults, Linda C. The Print in the Western World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 564; fig.9.51, 568.

Wikidata ID

Q65223277

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