Félix Emile-Jean Vallotton
La Paresse (Laziness)

ArtistSwiss, 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)
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection in memory of Virginia Jackson
Object number2001.527
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11—August 13, 1989.

"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
"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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