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precisely at this moment. Private shots, family universe, summer scenes and sea baths soon became his favourite source, perhaps the templates of a great number of his paintings.
"Quatre Baigneurs à Etretat" is part of a theme that Vallotton loved to develop. He seemed partly
inspired by Daumier's caricatures from the series "Les Baigneurs". The viewer is dived into the close vision of a couple of vacacioners who are teaching their son how to swim. The bold bottom view seems directly inspired by the photographic art newly vested by Vallotton.
Date: 1899
Period: 19th century
Origin: Suisse
Medium: Oil on cardboard
Signature: Signed and dated lower left : F. Vallotton ; 99
Dimensions: 27 x 34 cm (10⁵/₈ x 13³/₈ inches)
Provenance: Succession F. Vallotton, Paris.
J. Rodrigues-Henriques, Paris.
Marcel Guérin, Paris, circa 1930.
Daniel Guérin - Sale Paule Cailac, Paris Drouot, June 28th, 1951, n°130.
Vallotton Gallery, Lausanne, n°8572. Label on the back.
Maurice Gilbert, Geneva, 1952.
Private collection - Sale Me Renaud, Drouot, Paris, December 19th, 2001, n°5.
Literature: Paul Morand, Bains de mer, Bains de rêve, Éditions La Guilde du Livre / Clairefontaine, Lausanne, 1960, illustrated p.21.
Rudolf Koella, Das Bild der Landschaft im Schaffen von Félix Vallotton, Zurich, 1969, p.107.
Marina Ducrey, Katia Poletti, Félix Vallotton : L'oeuvre peint, Tome II,
Fondation Félix Vallotton, Institut suisse pour l'étude de l'art,
Lausanne/ Zurich, 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2005, illustrated under the n°276, p.169.
Exhibitions: Félix Vallotton, Paris, 1923, n°31.
Félix Vallotton, 1928, Paris, n°9.
Bonnard, Vuillard et les Nabis : 1888-1903, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris,
June 8th - October 2nd 1955, n°169, pl. XIV. Label on the back.
Félix Vallotton, Kunsthaus, Zurich, April 10th - May 30th 1965, n°51.
Vallotton, Palais des beaux-arts, Charleroi, December 17th 1966 - January 15th 1967, n°31. Label on the back.
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Dreamed Chilhoods - Bonnard, the Nabis and the childhood, Mitsubishi Ishigokan Museum, Tokyo, February 15th - Juen 7th
2020 (loan request) Bonnard, les Nabis et l'enfance, Musée Bonnard, Le Cannet, June 27th - November 1st 2020 (loan request).
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