The Church of Souain, 1917

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 96 x 130 cm (37 13/16 x 51 3/16 in.)

framed: 120 x 154.3 x 6.3 cm (47 1/4 x 60 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Fund

Accession Number

1990.30.1

Artists / Makers

Félix Vallotton (artist) Swiss, 1865 - 1925

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: F.VALLOTTON.17

Provenance

The artist [1865-1925]; his estate: Pierre-René Vallotton, Richmond and Alfred Vallotton, Paris; (Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne) until at least 1985; private collection, Lausanne; (Mr. and Mrs. Paul Josefowitz, London);[1] purchased 18 May 1990 by NGA.

[1] Early provenance per Marina Ducrey, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925. L'oeuvre peint, 3 vols., Lausanne, 2005, III: no. 1080. It is probable that the Lausanne private collection and Mr. and Mrs. Josefowitz are one and the same.

Associated Names

Galerie Paul Vallotton
Josefowitz, Paul, Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1970: Félix Vallotton, peintre et écrivain, Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, 1970 [no catalogue].

1983: Felix Vallotton, Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, 1983, no. 14, repro.

1985: Felix Vallotton, Huiles, Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, 1985, no. 7, repro.

1991: Felix Vallotton: A Retrospective, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, travelling exhibition, 1991-1993, pl. 246, repro. 204, 302, as The Church of Souain in Silhouette.

1994: A Bitter Truth: Avant-Garde Art and the Great War (Die letzten Tage der Menschheit - Bilder des Ersten Weltkrieges), Altes Museum, Berlin; Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1994, pl. 200, repro., as Church at Souain, ruins and ruble.

2013: Félix Vallotton: Le feu sous la glace [Félix Vallotton: Fire Beneath the Ice], Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, 2013-2014, no. 168, repro.

Bibliography

1936: Hahnloser-Bühler, Hedy. Félix Vallotton et ses amis. Paris, 1936:no. 1115

1985: Busch, Günter, et al. Vallotton. Lausanne, 1985:no. 158, repro.

2005: Ducrey, Marina. Félix Vallotton 1865-1925. L'oeuvre peint. 3 vols., Lausanne, 2005:III:no. 1180, repro.