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Feb 11, 2020

Corn Fields

1900

Félix Vallotton

(Swiss French, 1865–1925)

France, 19th century

Oil on board

Unframed: 26.2 x 46.2 cm (10 5/16 x 18 3/16 in.)

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.115

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In 1892, Vallotton joined a circle of French artists known as The Nabis (Prophets) who emphasized decoration, abstraction, and discrete, intimate emotion in their paintings.

Description

With the change of the century, Vallotton shifted his focus from printmaking to oil painting. Before 1900, the artist concentrated on precisely reproducing the world around him, but as seen in this painting, Vallotton’s work shows hints of ambiguity. The greenery blends together, and the distant horizon is described in simple curves of hills or clouds that fade into the sky.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed and dated lower right (twice): F. VALLOTTON. 00

Provenance

by 1928

(Galerie Jacques-Rodrigues-Henriques [1886-1968], Paris, France) ¹

1945–?

Mme Debrise, Paris, France ²

1988–?

(Galerie Vallotton, no. 13179, Lausanne, Switzerland) ³

May 27, 2008

(Sotheby's, Zurich, Switzerland, May 27, 2008, lot 38, sold to Samuel Josefovitz) ⁴

2008–?

Samuel Josefovitz [1921-2015], Lausanne, Switzerland, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley

2020

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2020–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Provenance Footnotes

¹This painting was included in the “Exposition Rétrospective d'Oeuvres Inédites de Félix Vallotton 1865-1925,” at Galerie Jacques Rodrigues-Henriques, Paris, March 9-30, 1928, cat. no. 15, as “Les prairies, Romanel, près Lausanne.”

²According to Sotheby’s 2008 sale catalogue, lot 38.

³Included in the “Exposition Anniversaire 1913-1988, Maîtres Suisses et Français de XIXe et XXe Siécles,” Galerie Vallotton, Lausanne, 1988, cat. no. 118.

⁴According to handwritten annotation in the 2008 Sotheby’s sale catalogue.

Citations

Felix Vallotton, Paris V. Serie 1909, 2. Mai bis 28. Mai. [Zürich]: [Künstlerhaus Zürich], 1909.
Published as: Les Bles Mentioned: cat. no. 12

Exposition Rétrospective d'Oeuvres Inédites de Félix Vallotton, 1865-1925: 50 Petits Tableaux de 1889-à 1925, Chez Jacques Rodriques-Henriques ... Paris ... du vendredi 9 au vendredi 30 mars 1928. [Paris]: La Galerie, 1928.
Published as: Les Prairies, Romanel, près Lausanne Mentioned: cat. no. 15

Félix Vallotton, 1865 - 1925. Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1938.
Published as: Bles a Romanel Mentioned: P. 20, no. 50

Ducrey, Marina, and Katia Poletti. Félix Vallotton, 1865-1925: l'œuvre peint. Lausanne: Fondation Félix Vallotton, 2005. Mentioned and Reproduced: Vol. II, P. 192, no. 314

“Exhibitions through February 2023.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 62, no. 4 (December 2022): 10. Reproduced: P. 10.

Exhibition history

Exposition Vallotton et Vuillard. Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, France (1903).

Félix Vallotton, Paris. Kunstlerhaus. Zurich, Switzerland (May 2-26, 1909).

Exposition Félix Vallotton, Peintures 1886-1919. Galerie Druet, Paris, France (1923).

Exposition rétrospective d'oeuvres inédites de Félix Vallotton 1865-1925. Galerie Jacques Rodrigues-Henriques, Paris, France (March 9-30, 1928).

Felix Vallotton 1865-1925. Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland (November 11–December 14, 1938).

Exposition anniversaire 1913-1988, Maîtres suisses et français de XIXe et XXe siécles. Galerie Vallotton, Lausanne, Switzerland (1988).

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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