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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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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.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bather with Swans (La baigneuse aux cygnes)

Félix Vallotton

Date
1893
Medium
woodcut in black on brown wove paper
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.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1999.106.10
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): 10 [Vallotton/Goerg 117-126]

Subjects and terms

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

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

NGA object ID 109803. 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.