The Exit
1894
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1894
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a crowd of men in top hats and women in veils spilling out of a Paris theater at night. Vallotton carved the scene like a woodcut—bold black shapes, no shading—so it looks almost like a shadow play. The same image ran in a Paris weekly magazine in 1894, letting thousands see it over their morning coffee. Look up the subject of France next to see more Paris street scenes from the same era.
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