La Modiste (The Milliner)

1894

Félix Vallotton

Associated Names
Félix Vallotton

Artist, Swiss, 1865 - 1925

The image is an illustration depicting a group of individuals, primarily women, interacting in a scene set in a hat shop. The women are trying on or examining hats, with some standing and adjusting their hair or accessories. They are stylized with simple facial features and hairstyles of buns or tight pulls, wearing dark, elegant, floor-length dresses. The scene includes hat stands displaying various styles, a large mirror being used by some to view the hats, and additional people in the background. The design is minimalistic, focusing on the interplay of black and white space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18 x 22.6 cm (7 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.6 x 32.5 cm (10 1/16 x 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.90.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vallotton/Goerg 1972, no. 138, State a/d

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R.L. Mayer

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Milliner.

Bibliography

1932

  • Godefroy 1932, 136.

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.

1992

  • Newman, Sasha. Félix Vallotton. New Haven, 1992: no. 61.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: fVallotton; lower left in plate: LA MODISTE.; lower right in plate: FV

Wikidata ID

Q74044478

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