Five Butterflies

c. 1912

Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27 x 21.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.113

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wildenstein vol. 2, no. 1318


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 233, repro.

1986

  • Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce; Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition 1941-1966. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966: 233.

Inscriptions

lower right in brown ink: O.R.

Watermarks

Y Mill 1901 (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q64618525


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