Flowers in a Crystal Vase
c. 1882
Artist, French, 1832 - 1883
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 32.7 x 24.5 cm (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
framed: 52.7 x 44.8 x 8.3 cm (20 3/4 x 17 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1970.17.37
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Offered by the artist as a New Year's gift to "Mme X." [1] M and Mme Jules Féral, Paris, by 1932 until at least 1938.[2] Possibly (Galerie Charpentier, Paris) in 1951. [3] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[4] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]According to Paul Jamot and Georges Wildenstein, Manet, Paris, 1932, no. 508.
[2]Lent by Féral to exhibitions in London in 1932 and Amsterdam in 1938. Eugène and Jules Féral [died c. 1949] acted as experts at sales at Hôtel Drout and elsewhere, the former betweeen c. 1876-1901 and the latter in the 1920s.
[3] A 1949 sale of objects from Jules Féral's collection held at the Galerie Charpentier did not include the NGA picture. However the picture was included in an 1951 exhibition held at Charpentier, with no owner listed, and was probably sold to Charpentier by Mme Féral by that time.
[4]Lent by Molyneux to the National Gallery of Art in 1952.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1932
Exhibition of French Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1932, no. 561
Manet, Musée de L'Orangerie, Paris, 1932, no. 87a
1933
Het Stilleven, Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1933, no. 206, repro.
Tentoonstelling van 115 Stillevens 1480-1933, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 1933, no. 60.
1938
Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1938, no. 162
1951
Natures mortes françaises, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1951, no. 105, repro.
1952
French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.
1961
French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 24, repro
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 45, repro
1986
Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1986-1987, no. 26, repro.
1989
Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 18, repro.
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
2000
Cézanne-Manet-Schuch. Drei Wege zur autonomen Kunst [Cézanne-Manet-Schuch. Three Paths toward Autonomous Art], Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund, 2000, no. 17, repro.
Manet: The Still-Life Paintings, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 2000-2001, pl. 80.
2001
Impressionist Still Life, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2001-2002, pl. 64.
2003
Manet en el Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2003-2004, no. 110, repro.
2004
Andy Warhol Museum 10th Anniversary, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 2004, no cat.
2011
In the Presence of Things: Four Centuries of European Still Life Painting, Part Two: 19th-20th Centuries (1840-1955), Fundaçäo Calouste Gulbenkian, Temporary Exhibitions Gallery, Lisbon, 2011-2012, no. 6, repro.
2013
Letzte Bilder: Von Manet bis Kippenberger [Final Works. From Manet to Kippenberger], Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2013, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2014
Working among Flowers: Floral Still Life in the 19th Century, Dallas Museum of Art; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Denver Art Museum, 2014-2015, no. 41, repro.
2019
Manet and Modern Beauty, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2019 - 2020, no. 88, repro.
2021
Manet and Astruc: Friendship and Inspiration, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, 2021 - 2022, no. 45, repro.
Bibliography
1928
Ausstellung Edouard Manet, Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, 1928, no. 84 [in catalogue but according to Wildenstein 1932, no exhibited].
1931
Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet: histoire catalographique. Paris, 1931: no. 406.
1932
Jamot, Paul, and Georges Wildenstein. Manet. Paris, 1932: no. 508, repro.
1938
Rey, Robert. Manet. New York and Paris, 1938:163, no. 153.
1947
Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet et ses oeuvres. Paris, 1947:462, no. 437
1970
Orienti, Sandra. The Complete Paintings of Manet. London, 1970:411H, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 212, repro.
Rouart, Denis and Daniel Wildenstein. Edouard Manet, catalogue raisonné 2 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1975:I:no. 420.
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 22, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
1980
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York, 1980: 436, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 453, no. 656, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 246, repro.
1986
Gordon, Robert and Andrew Forge. The Last Flowers of Manet. New York, 1986:15, repro.
1997
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism, 1997, no. 98, repro.
Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 86-87, 204, color repro.
1998
Whelan, Richard. Impressionist Flowers: Art of the Bouquet. Cobb, California, 1998.
Inscriptions
lower right: Manet
Wikidata ID
Q20189487