Money (Intimacies V)
1898
Félix Vallotton uses stark, high-contrast black and white to create a scene that feels like a silent movie frame from the Belle Époque. In this woodcut from his 'Intimacies' series, a woman in a white dress looks out a window while a man in a dark suit stands behind her, his hand resting on her waist. The title 'L'Argent' (Money) in the corner twists the scene from a romantic moment into a cynical commentary on transactional relationships and marriage for profit. Vallotton, a key figure in the Nabis movement, loved to expose the uncomfortable truths hiding behind polite society's facade.
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