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The image shows two figures - one seated and one standing. The seated figure is reaching out to the standing figure. The background is dark. Bold, contrasting lines are used to depict the figures.
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The image shows two figures - one seated and one standing. The seated figure is reaching out to the standing figure. The background is dark. Bold, contrasting lines are used to depict the figures.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bather and Child (La baigneuse à l'enfant)

Félix Vallotton

Date
1893
Medium
woodcut in black on brown wove paper
Dimensions
block: 4.3 x 5.7 cm (1 11/16 x 2 1/4 in.) sheet: 12.5 x 16.4 cm (4 15/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1999.106.9
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Les petites baigneuses (The Little Bathers): 9 [Vallotton/Goerg 117-126]

Subjects and terms

  • amusement
  • genre
  • female
  • figure
  • woodcut
  • Swiss
Inscription

lower left in block: FV; lower right in graphite: fv; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 125 9

NGA object ID 109802. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.