Parading through the Streets in Single File 1893

"Parading Through the Streets in Single File" is a 1893 woodcut by Swiss artist Félix Edouard Vallotton. Vallotton was a key figure in the Nabis movement, a group of artists who favored symbolic and decorative approaches to art. Vallotton’s unique style, characterized by bold black and white lines, is on full display in this work, which depicts a crowd of Parisians in a seemingly mundane, yet subtly sinister, manner. The piece is currently in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.