ID 819759 
Lot 24  | ODILON REDON (1840-1916)
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000 
Le pavot noir
signed 'ODILON REDON' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (73 x 54 cm.)
Provenance
Louis Bernard, France.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, September 1916).
Bernheim-Jeune Fils, Paris (acquired from the above, March 1918).
Prince Antoine Bibesco, Paris (circa 1934).
Private collection, France (by 1994); sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1995, lot 9.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty at the above sale.
Literature
L'art moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois, Paris, 1919, vol. II, p. 96 (illustrated, pl. 100; titled Fleurs).
R. Bacou, Odilon Redon, Geneva, 1956, vol. II, p. 56 (illustrated, pl. 84).
K. Berger, Odilon Redon, Fantasy and Colour, London, 1964, p. 201, no. 272 (titled Vase with Black Poppy (Vase 26) and dated circa 1905).
A. Wildenstein, Odilon Redon: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné, fleurs et paysages, Paris, 1996, vol. III, p. 177, no. 1642 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, Odilon Redon, February-March 1934, p. 14, no. 29 (dated 1895).
(possibly) Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches: Au profit de la sauvegarde de Versailles et sous les auspices de la chronique de Versailles, May-June 1957, no. 49 (titled Bouquet de fleurs).
(possibly) Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Odilon Redon: Au profit de l'Orphelinat des Arts, May-July 1963, no. 8 (titled Vase de fleurs).
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, La Douce France, August-October 1964, p. 80, no. 53 (illustrated, p. 81; titled Vase de fleurs).
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., La guirlande de Julie, May-June 1967, no. 67 (titled Fleurs dans un vase vert and dated 1910).
| Artist: | Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted | 
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile | 
| Art style: | Modern art, Symbolism | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Artist: | Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted | 
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile | 
| Art style: | Modern art, Symbolism | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
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