Property from an Important Private Collection
Félix Vallotton
A set of four prints from 'C'est la guerre' (V./G. nos. 212, 213, 215 & 216)
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December 12, 01:58 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 CHF
Lot Details
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Property from an Important Private Collection
Félix Vallotton
1865 - 1925
A set of four prints from 'C'est la guerre' (V./G. nos. 212, 213, 215 & 216)
La Tranchée (C'est la guerre I) (V./G. 212)
signed fvallotton (lower right) and numbered 76/90 (lower left)
woodcut on paper
17.6 by 22.3 cm.
6⅞ by 8¾ in.
Executed in 1915, this work is number 76 from an edition of 90, plus 10 impressions.
L'Orgie (C'est la guerre II) (V./G. 213)
signed fvallotton (lower right) and numbered 76/90 (lower left)
woodcut on paper
17.6 by 22.2 cm.
6⅞ by 8¾ in.
Executed in 1916, this work is number 76 from an edition of 90, plus 10 impressions.
Dans les ténèbres (C'est la guerre IV) (V./G. 215)
signed fvallotton (lower right) and numbered 76/90 (lower left)
woodcut on paper
17.8 by 22.5 cm.
7 by 8⅞ in.
Executed in 1916, this work is number 76 from an edition of 90, plus 10 impressions.
Le Guetteur (C'est la guerre V) (V./G. 216)
signed fvallotton (lower right) and numbered 76/90 (lower left)
woodcut on paper
17.6 by 22.4 cm.
6⅞ by 8⅞ in.
Executed in 1916, this work is number 76 from an edition of 90, plus 10 impressions.
La Tranchée (C'est la guerre I) (V./G. 212)
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997
L'Orgie (C'est la guerre II) (V./G. 213)
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (acquired directly from the artist)
Sotheby's Zurich, 4 June 1997, lot 160 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Dans les ténèbres (C'est la guerre IV) (V./G. 215)
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (acquired directly from the artist)
Sotheby's Zurich, 4 June 1997, lot 162 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Le Guetteur (C'est la guerre V) (V./G. 216)
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997
Maxime Vallotton & Charles Georg, Félix Vallotton, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre gravé et lithographié, Geneva, 1972, no. 216, p. 242, illustrated