Jerusalem Artichoke Flowers

1880

Claude Monet

Artist, French, 1840 - 1926

A cloud of canary-yellow flowers with pumpkin-orange centers on tall stems with emerald and pine-green leaves fills the top half of this vertical still life painting. The flowers, vase, the round tabletop on which they sit, and the background are loosely painted with visible brushstrokes of vibrant color. The flowers have long, pointed petals like daisies. The bouquet is rimmed with a ring of verdant leaves near where the stems gather in the narrow neck of the cylindrical, ivory-white vase. The vase might sit on a circular cloth edged with alternating sage-green and plum-purple forms like pompoms, but the loose painting style makes these details difficult to make out. The round tabletop is cropped by left and bottom edges of the canvas. The background behind the bouquet and table is painted with long, vertical brushstrokes in salmon pink, pale turquoise, denim blue, and creamy white. The artist signed and dated the painting in red in the lower right corner: “Claude Monet 1880.”

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 99.6 x 73 cm (39 3/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
    framed: 121.9 x 95.2 cm (48 x 37 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.181

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

From the artist to M. Cahuzac, Paris in November 1880 until at least 1882;[1] Georges de Bellio [1828-1894], Paris; by inheritance to M et Mme Ernest Donop de Monchy [she née Victorine de Bellio, 1863-1958], Paris, until at least 1897; Alexandre Berthier, 4th Prince de Wagram [1883-1918], Paris; in 1914 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris);[2] sold 1929 to Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1]Lent by Cahuzac to the 7th Impressionist Exhibition, in 1882. [2] Provenance according to Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet. Biographie et catalogue raisonné, 5 vols., Lausanne and Paris, 1974, no. 629.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1882

  • 7me Exposition des Artistes Independants [Seventh Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1882, no. 57, as Fleurs de topinambour

1923

  • Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, February, 1923

1930

  • "La Nature Morte" from Chardin to the Abstract. Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1930, no. 7

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

1986

  • The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986, no. 119, repro. [shown in Washington only]

2010

  • From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1942

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 50, repro., as Vase of Chrysanthemums

1944

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 50, repro., as Vase of Chrysanthemums.

1953

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 58, repro., as Vase of Chrysanthemums.

1963

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 326, repro., as Vase of Chrysanthemums.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 93, as Vase of Chrysanthemums.

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 91, repro., as Vase of Chrysanthemums.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 82, repro., as Vase of Chrysanthemums.

1974

  • Wildenstein, Daniel. Claude Monet: biographie et catalouge raisonné. 5 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1974-1991: no. 629.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 242, repro., as Vase of Chrysanthemums.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 491, no. 729, color repro., as Vase of Chrysanthemums.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 278, repro., as Vase of Chrysanthemums.

Inscriptions

lower right: Claude Monet / 1880

Wikidata ID

Q20188861

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