The Bistro
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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The Bistro

c. 1895
Félix Vallotton (Swiss French, 1865–1925) visual detail
ArtistFélix Vallotton (Swiss French, 1865–1925)
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Provenance

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by 1938

(Mme. L. Godet-Druet, Paris, France)

1964

(Galerie Vallotton, no. 5626, Lausanne, Switzerland)

August 22, 1969

(Galerie Vallotton, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul [1920–2002], New York, NY, August 22, 19...

June 2003

(Galerie Hopkins & Custot, Paris, France, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)

2003–2020

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2020–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(Mme. L. Godet-Druet, Paris, France) (Galerie Vallotton, no. 5626, Lausanne, Switzerland) (Galerie Vallotton, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul [1920–2002], New York, NY, August 22, 1969) (Galerie Hopkins & Custot, Paris, France, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley) Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023). Felix Vallotton 1865-1925. Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (1928). Ausstellung Félix Vallotton. Kunsthalle Basel (January 23–February 24, 1957); Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (March 8 – April 3, 1957) cat. no. 17 (only exhibited in Basel) Felix Vallotton. Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (1965). De Vallotton a Desnos. Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (July 24–October 3, 1965). Felix Vallotton. Musee national d' Art modern, Paris, France (October 15-November 20, 1966); Palais des beaux-arts, Charleroi, Belgium (December 17, 1966–January 15, 1967). Felix Vallotton (1865-1926), a Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts, and Engravings. Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, NY (April 7–25, 1970). The Circle of Toulouse-Lautrec, an Exhibition of the Work of the Artist and of his Close Associates. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, NJ (November 17, 1985–February 2, 1986). Felix Vallotton. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (October 24, 1991–January 5, 1991); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (January 31–March 29, 1992); Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (April 25–June 21, 1992); Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (August 27–November 1, 1992); Musee Cantonal des beaux arts, Lausanne, Switzerland (November 21, 1992–January 31, 1993). Felix Vallotton. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany (August 25–November 5, 1995); Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany (1996).

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The hustle and bustle of eager customers in a crowded bistro is captured in this painting. One can almost hear the loud chatter and shouts of orders being called to the busy servers behind the countertop. All in jackets, the men by the bar have rosy cheeks and noses, perhaps from the cold outdoors contrasting the warmth of their drinks.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 6 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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