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The White and the Black

1913

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The story

Vallotton openly reworked Manet's Olympia, but turned the Black servant into a clothed, self-assured woman sitting on the edge of the bed and smoking. Whether the white nude sleeps or returns her gaze through half-closed eyes, the painting leaves open.

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Object details

Title: The White and the Black
Artist: Félix Vallotton
Date: 1913
Culture: Swiss
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Hahnloser Foundation, Winterthur
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0767
Original image: 3000 × 2336 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Félix Vallotton. The White and the Black. 1913. Hahnloser Foundation, Winterthur. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0767/