![VALLOTTON, Félix (1865-1925). Exposition universelle 1900. [Berlin, 1901].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/NYR/2005_NYR_01601_0091_000(104639).jpg?w=1)
Details
VALLOTTON, Félix (1865-1925). Exposition universelle 1900. [Berlin, 1901].
Complete set of 6 woodcuts on cream wove paper, sheet size 9¼ x 11½ in. (235 x 292 mm), monogram "FV" in the block, each signed "F. Vallotton" and numbered 15 in pencil, matted and laid in a black quarter morocco slipcase.
Vallotton's superb woodcut series was printed in an edition of approximately 30 sets only. The Exposition opened in April 1900. Otto Bierbaum reproduced these woodcuts in his Berlin review "Die Insel," starting in October 1901. The "Window of Lalique," in which René Lalique presented his new creations inspired by the French and Japanese symbolists, is one of the most famous of the series. The titles are: Le Trottoir Roulant (The Moving Footway); L'Ondée (The Downpour); La Vitrine de Lalique (The Window of Lalique); Cinq Heures (Five O'Clock); Rue du Cáire (Cairo Street); and Feu d'artifice (Fireworks). Werkverzeichnis Nr. 203-208 c.
Complete set of 6 woodcuts on cream wove paper, sheet size 9¼ x 11½ in. (235 x 292 mm), monogram "FV" in the block, each signed "F. Vallotton" and numbered 15 in pencil, matted and laid in a black quarter morocco slipcase.
Vallotton's superb woodcut series was printed in an edition of approximately 30 sets only. The Exposition opened in April 1900. Otto Bierbaum reproduced these woodcuts in his Berlin review "Die Insel," starting in October 1901. The "Window of Lalique," in which René Lalique presented his new creations inspired by the French and Japanese symbolists, is one of the most famous of the series. The titles are: Le Trottoir Roulant (The Moving Footway); L'Ondée (The Downpour); La Vitrine de Lalique (The Window of Lalique); Cinq Heures (Five O'Clock); Rue du Cáire (Cairo Street); and Feu d'artifice (Fireworks). Werkverzeichnis Nr. 203-208 c.