Etruscan Vase with Flowers
1900–1910 · Tempera on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Odilon Redon (1840–1916)
- Year
- 1900–1910
- Medium
- Tempera on canvas
- Original size
- 81.3 × 59.1 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Symbolism
A terracotta vase painted with dark figures, like an ancient Greek pot, holds a fan of stylised flowers: a large tan bloom with a black centre, violet tulip-like buds, feathered leaves and seed pods, all outlined in dark blue. The background is a stippled field of ochre, cream and rust, closer to a textile than to a wall. Redon painted it in tempera on canvas between 1900 and 1910, the decade in which he gave up his black charcoal drawings for colour. It belonged to Lillie P. Bliss, and the Metropolitan Museum acquired it from the Museum of Modern Art in 1951.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Rust, ochre and violet on a patterned golden ground give this a warm, decorative feel for a living room, dining room or study. Pair it with Van Gogh's Sunflowers from the National Gallery at 16×24 in a dark wood frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Symbolism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1900–1910)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, dining room, study or library, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
