La Belle Épingle
About this artwork
This is a black-and-white woodcut print featuring a couple in an intimate setting. It is part of the 'Intimités' series, which explores the complexities of bourgeois domestic life.
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Félix Vallotton was a master of the woodcut medium, known for his stark, high-contrast style that stripped away unnecessary detail to focus on psychological tension. 'La Belle Épingle' is part of his famous 'Intimités' series, which famously captured the clandestine affairs and hidden anxieties of Paris's middle class at the turn of the century.
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La Belle Épingle
Félix Vallotton, 1898
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