Vase of Flowers
Vase of Flowers

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Vase of Flowers,

ca. 1900–10

Odilon Redon, 1840–1916; born Bordeaux, France; died Paris, France
x1985-15
Redon was an introspective artist whose imaginative paintings and lithographs of the 1870s and 1880s depicted a dreamlike world populated by fantastic, but seldom sinister, creatures. By 1890, he was concentrating exclusively on the lyrically suggestive possibilities of color, creating atmospheric pastels of imaginary floral arrangements and sleeping figures. To Redon, the subject of flowers symbolized the fertility of imagination.

Information

Title
Vase of Flowers
Dates

ca. 1900–10

Maker
Odilon Redon
Medium
Pastel
Dimensions
46.2 x 38.7 cm (18 3/16 x 15 1/4 in.) frame: 66.6 × 56.3 × 4 cm (26 1/4 × 22 3/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward R. Schaible, Class of 1934
Object Number
x1985-15
Signatures
Signed in black crayon, lower right: Odilon Redon
Culture
French
Type
pastels, drawings
Materials
pastels, academy board
Subject
flowers (plants), vases, still lifes

Possibly [Collection Leandre Latinie] (label on old frame backing). Possibly packed by [A. Guinchard & F. Fourniret, emballeurs, 76 rue Blanche Paris] (label on old frame backing; in business 1883-1900?). Possibly [The Folsom Galleries, 396 Fifth Avenue] (label on old frame backing, inscribed #429; in business 1906-1924, in this location 1907-1922). Possibly [Newman E. Montross, 550 Fifth Avenue, New York] (label on old frame backing; gallery in business 1878-1942, moved to this location in 1909). Edward R. Schaible (1911-1988); gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1985.

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