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The Red Room, Etretat

Félix Vallotton, 1899

The Red Room, Etretat by Félix Vallotton
The Red Room, Etretat by Félix Vallotton, 51 cm × 49 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

51 cm × 49 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 49 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
49 cm
Width
51 cm
Medium
Oil on artist's board
Kind
Painting
Made in
Switzerland
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
49.2 × 51.3 cm (19 3/8 × 20 3/8 in.)
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Clive Runnells

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
51 cm × 49 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1899. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Bequest of Mrs. Clive Runnells.
How was it made?
Oil on artist's board, made in Switzerland, Post-Impressionism.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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