Large Vase with Flowers, c. 1912

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 103-D

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 73 x 54.6 cm (28 3/4 x 21 1/2 in.)

framed: 98.7 x 79.7 x 6.9 cm (38 7/8 x 31 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Honorable John C. Whitehead, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.64.1

Artists / Makers

Odilon Redon (painter) French, 1840 - 1916

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: ODILON REDON

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Marcel Kapferer, Paris, until at least 1924.[1] private collection, United States. (Achim Moeller Ltd., London). John C. Whitehead [1922-2015], New York; gift (partial and promised) 1990 to NGA; gift completed 2015.

[1] The painting was lent by Kapferer to an exhibition in Paris in 1924.

Associated Names

Achim Moeller
Kapferer, Marcel
Whitehead, John C., The Honorable

Exhibition History

1924: Première exposition de collectionneurs au profit de la Société des Amis du Luxembourg, Paris, 1924, no. 124.

1987: Late XIX and Early XX Century Masters: The John C. Whitehead Collection, Achim Moeller Fine Art Limited, New York, 1987, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, unnumbered catalogue, color repro.

2018: Flore d'Odilon Redon, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, 2018, no. 88, repro.