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The Red Room, Etretat, 1899 (or Madame Vallotton and her Niece, Germaine Aghion)

 
 
 
 
 
Details     Description
   
Artist Vallotton, FĂ©lix Vallotton had acquired a Kodak camera in photography as a compositional aid.

Working from a stylish portrait photograph of his new wife Gabrielle, Vallotton has added a small child. This bourgeois scene encapsulates the unexpected transition in Vallotton’s life and work following his marriage.

 

Inscriptions:

Inscribed lower right: F. Vallotton 

 

Provenance:

Mrs. Clive Runnells (died 1977); bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1977

 
Date 1899
 
Institution Art Institute of Chicago
   
Medium Oil on board
 
Dimensions 49.2 x 51.3 cm