Flowers in a Vase

c. 1910

Odilon Redon

Associated Names
Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

The painting shows a large bronze vase filled with a bouquet of wildflowers, including white daisies, light blue cornflowers, and bright red poppies and roses. Between the larger flowers are green leaves and smaller flowers in purple, orange, and pink. Behind the vase is a background that is mostly light gray but has hints of rosy pink and light blue. The paint is applied in thick, textured strokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • 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 Number

    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

  • Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 72, repro.

  • Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

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

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