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The Rain (L'averse) (Paris Intense)

Maker

(artist)
1865-1925

(publisher)
act. c. 1885 (Life dates)

Title

The Rain (L'averse) (Paris Intense)

Date of Production

1894

Medium

printed on chine collé

Dimensions

Height: 23 cm
Width: 33.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6999.6

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









Related Works

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Label Text

Vallotton was affiliated with the Nabis, an avant-garde group of artists that included Pierre Bonnard. An innovative printmaker, he was noted for his bold woodcuts using simplified black and white shapes and patterns in the Japanese style. For the Paris Intense commission he drew on zinc plates rather than on lithographic stones, since metal was a cheaper material to purchase and print in quantity. Vallotton was adept at portraying crowds with a sense of immediacy. He described this series as “all form, delineation, line and volume”.

Notes

From Paris Intense, a series of seven zincographs published in 1893-94.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Purpose and Process: British and French Printmaking 1600 - 1900, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/2014-20/06/2014

Literature

Félix Vallotton, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié; catalogue raisonné of the printed graphic work
Fig. p. no. 51

Inscriptions

Inscription: L'AVERSE. //

Inscription: FV.94 //

Inscription: no 2 L.J //

Stamp: M //

Inscription: F. VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

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