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La Blanche et la Noire (The White and the Black) by Félix Vallotton
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La Blanche et la Noire (The White and the Black), 1913

Félix Vallotton

A reclining nude and a seated smoker face off across a stark tonal divide.

Vallotton sets a nude and a clothed Black woman in a charged, ambiguous exchange of glances. Flat, cool and modern, this striking 1913 canvas turns a quiet interior into a study of looking, power and unease — spare and unforgettable.

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