Made 1896 Medium Woodcut printed in black on ivory wove paper Dimensions Image: 17.8 × 22.2 cm (7 × 8 3/4 in.) Sheet: 25.3 × 32.6 cm (10 × 12 7/8 in.) Credit Line Joseph Brooks Fair Memorial Collection Reference Number 1947.454 IIIF Manifest Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c.
Status Currently Off View Department Prints and Drawings Artist Félix Edouard Vallotton Title Laziness Place France (Artist's nationality) Dateĭates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. However, Vallotton revived the method, welcoming the woodcut’s potential to create pure, simplified forms using contrasts of only black and white to suggest pattern, depth, and shape. The woodcut, the oldest printmaking technique in Europe, fell out of favor as an artistic practice by the mid-19th century.
In his lifetime Félix Vallotton was perhaps best known for his elegant woodcuts, which he designed, carved, and used to print inventive compositions of both exterior and interior Parisian life.
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