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accession number:	2020.115
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Corn Fields, 1900. Félix Vallotton (French, 1865-1925). Oil on canvas; unframed: 26.2 x 46.2 cm (10 5/16 x 18 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.115

title:				Corn Fields
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creation date:			1900
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1900
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Félix Vallotton (French, 1865-1925)  - artist

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

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

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Exposition Vallotton et Vuillar</em>d. Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, France (1903).

* <em>Félix Vallotton, Paris</em>. Kunstlerhaus. Zurich, Switzerland (May 2-26, 1909).

* <em>Exposition Félix Vallotton, Peintures 1886-1919</em>. Galerie Druet, Paris, France (1923).

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

* <em>Felix Vallotton 1865-1925</em>. Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland (November 11–December 14, 1938).

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

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PROVENANCE

	(Galerie Jacques-Rodrigues-Henriques [1886-1968], Paris, France)
	date: by 1928
	footnotes: 	
			
			* This 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.”
			
			
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	Mme Debrise, Paris, France
	date: 1945–?
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			* According to Sotheby’s 2008 sale catalogue, lot 38.
			
			
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	(Galerie Vallotton, no. 13179, Lausanne, Switzerland)
	date: 1988–?
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			* Included in the “Exposition Anniversaire 1913-1988, Maîtres Suisses et Français de XIXe et XXe Siécles,” Galerie Vallotton, Lausanne, 1988, cat. no. 118.
			
			
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	(Sotheby's, Zurich, Switzerland, May 27, 2008, lot 38, sold to Samuel Josefovitz)
	date: May 27, 2008
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			* According to handwritten annotation in the 2008 Sotheby’s sale catalogue.
			
			
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	Samuel Josefovitz [1921-2015], Lausanne, Switzerland, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley
	date: 2008–?
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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fun fact: 
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.

digital 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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Felix Vallotton, Paris V. Serie 1909, 2. Mai bis 28. Mai.</em> [Zürich]: [Künstlerhaus Zürich], 1909. <br>Published as: <em>Les Bles</em>
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 12
	url:		

	<em>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.</em> [Paris]: La Galerie, 1928. <br>Published as: <em>Les Prairies, Romanel, près Lausanne </em>
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 15
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	<em>Félix Vallotton, 1865 - 1925.</em> Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1938.<br>Published as: <em>Bles a Romanel</em>
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 20, no. 50
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	Ducrey, Marina, and Katia Poletti. <em>Félix Vallotton, 1865-1925: l'œuvre peint.</em> Lausanne: Fondation Félix Vallotton, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: Vol. II, P. 192, no. 314
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IMAGES

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