The Boat

Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916), Paris, 1898

pastel on paper, 44.2 cm x 28 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the Rembrandt Association, the Van Gogh Foundation and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Culture)

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Object number
d0809M1986
Dimensions
44.2 cm x 28 cm, 56.5 cm x 42.7 cm
Provenance
Given by the artist, Paris to Sara de Swart, December 1898; consigned by Sara de Swart to auction Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Cie (Tableaux modernes: aquarelles: atelier – Jacob Maris, collection – J.M. Rodenberg et autres), lot 243 (Fantasmagorie), purchased by Andries Bonger, Amsterdam, for NLG 39, 11 March 1902; 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 Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 28 May 1986, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Odilon Redon
framemaker
Charles Dosbourg
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the Rembrandt Association, the Van Gogh Foundation and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Culture)

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