Vase of Flowers (Cleveland, 1916)
1916 · Pastel · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Odilon Redon (1840–1916)
- Year
- 1916
- Medium
- Pastel
- Original size
- 84.1 × 58 cm
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Movement
- Symbolism
A tall, narrow grey-violet vase holds red and pink tulips, dark purple and near-black blooms, yellow thistle-like flowers and fine branches of tiny white blossoms, set against a ground that shifts from saffron yellow above to pink and a band of rust at the base. Redon drew this pastel in 1916, the year of his death. The Cleveland collector Leonard C. Hanna Jr. bought it in 1937 from the dealer Jacques Seligmann and lent it to the 1939 New York World's Fair, where it represented Redon's work. It came to the Cleveland Museum of Art with his bequest in 1958.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Saffron yellow, blush pink and red tulips make a bright, cheerful picture for a kitchen, breakfast room or hallway. Pair it with Mucha's The Flowers: Lily at 24×36 in a dark wood frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1916)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. 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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About this design
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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.
