

Curatorial Narrative In the early 20th century, Flix Vallotton’s “Par ordre du Sultan, vous avez vingt-quatre heures pour quitter la France” emerges as a pivotal work within the oeuvre of the Nabi movement. Created in 1902, this lithograph exemplifies the artist’s signature technique of applying bold black lines to evoke a sense of tension and urgency. By juxtaposing figurative forms with stark, graphic lines, Vallotton imbues his subjects with an air of detached authority, underscoring the weighty, almost existential implications of the Dreyfus Affair.When enlarged to 44×59 inches, the lithograph’s chromatic structure takes on a newfound depth and richness. The black and white palette assumes an almost three-dimensional quality, imbuing the space with a sense of atmospheric weight that draws the viewer in. The linear brushwork and sparse composition create a spatial rhythm that seems to pulse with an inner tension, as if the figure
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