Still Life: Flowers

Henri de Saint-Jean

Associated Names
Henri de Saint-Jean

Artist, French,1868 - 1937

This painting shows a glass vase filled with tulips in various colors, including white, pink, and red. The green stems and leaves of the flowers show through the glass vase, which has the shape of a wine glass with curved handles around the stem. The background has intricate patterns with floral and vine motifs forming an arch-like design around the vase in pastel colors of blue, yellow, green, and light orange.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 56.5 x 49.8 cm (22 1/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
    framed: 72.4 x 64.8 x 3.2 cm (28 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.19.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Georges Petit, Paris); sold 14 May 1920 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; his estate; bequest 1964 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1920

  • [Exhibition of Henri de Saint-Jean], Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1920 (as Fantaisie decorative?).

1930

  • "La Nature Morte" from Chardin to the Abstract, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1930, no. 29, as Fantaisie Decorative.

Bibliography

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 365, repro.

Inscriptions

lower center: H. ST.JEAN

Wikidata ID

Q20188869

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