Flowers in a Vase
c. 1910
Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 55.9 x 39.4 cm (22 x 15 1/2 in.)
framed: 74.3 x 60.6 x 8.3 cm (29 1/4 x 23 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1970.17.56
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Paris, by at least 1959,[1] possibly Jacques Laroche [1904-1976]; by whom sold 1965 to (Wildenstein & Co., New York);[2] sold 20 January 1966 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[3] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]Lent to an exhibition in London in 1959 from a private collection in Paris. [2]See letter dated 13 August 1999 from Wildenstein's, in NGA curatorial files. [3]Invoice from Wildenstein and Co. to Ailsa Mellon Bruce dated 20 January 1966, copy in NGA curatorial records.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1959
Odilon Redon 1840-1916, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1959, no. 69
1986
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1986, 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
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 72, repro.
2018
Flore d'Odilon Redon, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, 2018, no. 87, repro.
Bibliography
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 284, repro.
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 34, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 515, no. 772, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 328, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: ODILON REDON
Wikidata ID
Q20191371