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Flowers: Poppies and Daisies
Odilon Redon · c. 1867
Provenance
Ownership history
- Dr. Raymond Jacques Sabouraud (died 1938), Paris, c. 1923 [according to Wildenstein 1998, vol. 3, p. 50]. Sacha Guitry (died 1957), Paris, by 1954; bequeathed to his fifth wife, Lana Marconi Guitry (died 1990). Private collection, Paris. Jacques Dubourg, Paris. Wildenstein and Co., Paris and New York [no. 8988 written on the frame], 1970; sold to Mrs. Clive Runnells, 1971; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1977.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- (?) Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, "Pastels & Peintures de Odilon Redon," 12-26 March 1903, no. 6 [listed as Coquelicots & Marguerites].
- (?) Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, "Exposition Odilon Redon," 28 February - 15 March 1906, no. 19 [listed as "Coquelicots & Marguerites].
- (?) Rotterdam, Kunstzall Reckers, "Exposition de Peintures, Pastels, Dessins et Lithographies par Odilon Redon," May 1907, no. 9 [listed as "Coquelicots et Marguerites"]
- Paris, Galerie Druet, "Exposition d'oeuvres d'Odilon Redon (1840-1916), peintures, pastels, aquarelles, dessins, lithographies, eaux-fortes - Arts decoratifs." 11-30 June 1923, no. 57, p. 3 [listed as "Pavot et camomille (1865)"].
- Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, July 2- September 18, 1994, Odilon Redon: Prince of Dreams, cat. 14; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, October 20, 1994 - January 15, 1995; London, Royal Academy of Arts, February 16- May 21, 1995 [Chicago and Amsterdam only].
- Lugano, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Odilon Redon: La Natura dell'Invisibile, September 9-November 14, 1996, cat. 18.
- Tokyo, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Flore D’Odilon Redon, Feb. 8-March 20, 2018, cat. 81 (ill.).
Literature
Published references
- "Les idées nouvelles pour accrocher vos tableaux," Connaissance des Arts 28 (15 June 1954), p. 24 (ill.).
- Sacha Guitry, Cent Merveilles (Paris, 1954), pp. 24, 131(ill.)
- Jean Cassou, Odilon Redon (Milan, 1972), no. 3, p. 69 (ill.)
- Odilon Redon: Print of Dreams, 1840-1916, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum; London: Royal Academy of Arts; New York: H.N. Abrams, 1994), cat. 14, fig. 78, pp. 66 (ill.), 67, 68, 435.
- Alec Wildenstein, Odilon Redon: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné (Paris, 1998), Vol. III, no. 1408, p. 50 (ill.), Vol. IV, cat. nos. 1408 and 2623 (verso), pp. 270 (ill.), 323.
- Hiroo Yasui, Flore D’Odilon Redon, exh. cat. (Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum. 2018), p. 144, 204.
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