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Artist
- Name:
- Vallotton, Félix
- Dates:
- 1865-1925
- Country:
- France, Switzerland
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Woodcut
- Engraver:
- Vallotton, Félix
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Félix Vallotton; biographie
- Author(s):
- Meier-Graefe, Julius
- Publisher:
- Berlin, Paris: Edmond Sagot, J. A. Stargardt, 1898
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
The face of a woman can be seen floating among swirls and splashes of water as a man in a little boat comes to her rescue with a boat hook and onlookers have gathered against the bridge parapet above.
The caption reads in the original French: Le suicide.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, black & white, boat, bridge, night, river
