Artist
Félix Emile-Jean Vallotton(Swiss, 1865–1925)Swiss, 1865–1925
CultureSwiss
Titles
- La Paresse (Laziness)
Date1896
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsBlock: 7 × 8 3/4 in. (17.8 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 in. (24 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 in. (24 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection in memory of Virginia Jackson
Object number2001.527
Non exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"Post-Impressionism in Prints: A Promised Gift from the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2000—February 4, 2001.
"The Cat's Meow," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 19, 2006—January 15, 2007.
"Going with the Grain: Woodcuts from Houston Collections," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 31—April 19, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"FV" in a box in the bottom right corner of the plate.
"La Paresse" in the bottom left corner of the print
"La Paresse" in the bottom left corner of the print
"F Vallotton / 66" in blue, recto, beneath lower right of plate.
The blue Jackson Collection stamp is in the lower right corner on the back of the work.
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Félix Emile-Jean Vallotton
1893
Woodcut on wove paper
2001.523
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1902
Lithograph in black, red, and gray
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Lithograph in black, green, and orange
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