Profile of a woman against a background of black poppies

Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916), 1893

charcoal, chalk and fixative on paper, 51 cm x 36.8 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (State of the Netherlands)

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Object number
d1060N1996
Dimensions
51 cm x 36.8 cm
Provenance
Sold by the artist, Paris to Andries Bonger, Hilversum for FRF 250, 9 July 1894; after his death on 20 January 1936 inherited by his widow, Françoise W.M. Bonger-van der Borch van Verwolde, Amsterdam; after her death in 1975 bequeathed to her heirs, the Netherlands; sold by these heirs to the State of the Netherlands to be placed in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 18 December 1996.
artist
Odilon Redon
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (State of the Netherlands)

Holtegaard, Sjaelens malere : den idealistiske symbolisme i Frankrig, 5 September-6 November 2004

Groot, I.M. de, André Bonger en zijn kunstenaarsvrienden Redon, Bernard, Van Gogh, 1972, p. 28

Berger, K., Odilon Redon : Phantasie und Farbe, 1964, p. 233

Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon en Emile Bernard : meesterwerken uit de collectie van Andries Bonger, 2009, p. 132

Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard : masterpieces from the Andries Bonger collection, 2009, p. 132

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