The Exit
1894
- Medium
- India ink and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.2 × 26.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-192328
Swiss-born artist Félix Vallotton was known for boldly graphic images that depicted—often satirically—the lives of the Parisian bourgeoisie. He used this style, which featured flat planes of black and white, to produce both woodcuts and illustrations for popular journals. This drawing was reproduced in an 1894 issue of the popular arts and culture weekly Le Courrier Français. It depicts a sea of top-hat-clad men and veiled women departing a Parisian theater, probably the Odéon, with a sense of chaos that belies their formal attire. Like many of his time, Vallotton was interested in the psycho…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2025.149
Registry history
- 1894 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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