Lot 242
  • 242

Félix Vallotton

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Félix Vallotton
  • Marianne "Et nous allons avoir du monde!" (i) Couverture du CRI DE PARIS, 26 novembre 1899 "Au secours! A l'assassin!" (ii)Couverture du CRI DE PARIS, 12 novembre 1899
  • inscrit Tel que (en bas à droite) (i)
  • chaque dessin : encre sur papier
  • chaque dessin : 26 x 20 cm; 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.

Exhibited

Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Marseille, Musée Cantini, Le très singulier Vallotton, 2001, no. 7, non illustré (i), no. 25, illustré p. 197 (ii) 

Literature

Ashley St-James, Vallotton, dessinateur de presse, Paris, 1979, no. 76 (i) , no. 75 (ii)
Jean-Paul Morel, Vallotton, dessinateur de presse, Lausanne, 2002, illustré p. 22 (i), p. 41 (ii)

Condition

Executed on off-white laid paper, not laid down. The sheet is taped to the overmount at the upper edge. There are 15 artist's pinholes along the edges. There are two 5 cm flattened creases running horizontally from the upper and lower section of the left edge. There is a minor flattened crease toward the upper right corner. Apart from some light time-staining, this work is in overall good condition (i). Executed on off-white laid paper, not laid down. The sheet is taped to the overmount at the upper edge. There are 16 artist's pinholes. There are three minor tears- two on the right edge and one on the upper section of the left edge.There is a fly spot in the upper section of the work. Apart from some light handling marks, possibly due to the artist himself, this work is in good original condition (ii).
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