Félix Emile-Jean Vallotton
Les necrophores (The Undertakers)

ArtistSwiss, 1865–1925
CultureSwiss
Titles
  • Les necrophores (The Undertakers)
Date1892
PlaceParis, France
MediumWoodcut on wove paper
DimensionsBlock: 5 3/4 × 10 in (14.6 × 25.4 cm)
sheet: 9 7/8 × 12 13/16 in. (25.1 × 32.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection in memory of Virginia Jackson
Object number2001.526
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"Z 00576" is in the bottom right corner on the back of the work.
Signed "F Vallotton" at the bottom right corner, under the image. "FV" in a square in the lower left corner on the plate.


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