1901
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
All right, so he's dead!... is a 1901 by Félix Vallotton, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A man lies on the floor, blood pooling around his head. A woman in a nightgown stands over him, holding a knife. The room is dark, lit only by a single lamp. This isn’t a painting—it’s a woodcut print, carved to look like a shadowy crime scene. Vallotton made it for a satirical magazine, where it mocked how newspapers sensationalized murder stories. The stark black-and-white lines make the violence feel almost cartoonish, but the scene is still unsettling. To see more of Vallotton’s sharp, graphic work, look up *Félix Vallotton (Swiss French, 1865–1925)*.
This print was published in the magazine L’Assiette au Beurre (March 1, 1902 ) as plate 5 from the series Crimes and Punishments .
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Félix Édouard Vallotton (French: ; December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis.
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