Odilon Redon

Berheim-Jeune, Paris (acquis auprès de l'artiste en 1909)
Gustave Fayet, Paris et Béziers
Par descendance au propriétaire actuel

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Odilon Redon, 1926, no. 114
Paris, Grand Palais et Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Odilon Redon, Prince du Rêve 1840-1916, 2011, no. 177, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 417

Klaus Berger, Odilon Redon, Fantasy and colour, Cologne, 1964, probablement mentionné no. 466, p. 216 (sous le titre Large bunch of flowers)
Roseline Bacou, Odilon Redon, pastels, Paris, 1987, no. 48, reproduit
Alec Wildenstein, Odilon Redon, catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint et dessiné, vol III, Fleurs et paysages, Paris, 1996, no. 1589, reproduit p. 150

Executed on wove paper, laid down on a board along all four edges. There are artist pinholes along the extreme edges. There is a 2cm repaired tear in the lower part of the left edge. There is slight mount staining along extreme edges (not visible when framed). The medium is fresh. This work is in very good original condition.
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signed 'ODILON REDON' (lower centre); pastel on paper. Executed circa 1912-1916. 

Cette œuvre provient de la prestigieuse ancienne collection Gustave Fayet, ami et mécène de l’artiste. Celui-ci avait constitué une extraordinaire collection d’œuvres de Redon, et notamment des peintures murales dans sa bibliothèque de l’Abbaye de Fontfroide. Cette œuvre est d’une remarquable élégance, notamment dans l’agencement des fleurs et la forme raffinée du vase.

This elegant and poetic arrangement of flowers is a particularly elegant composition by Redon. It belonged Gustave Fayet, the renowned collector, patron and friend of the artist who put together the first and finest comprehensive collection of works by Redon. He commissioned Redon to paint murals for his library at the Abbaye de Fontfroide.