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Pierre Joseph Redouté
1759-1840
Rose
Apr 1840
Watercolor over pencil on vellum.
9 7/8 x 7 15/16 inches (251 x 202 mm)
Bequest of Edwin de T. Bechtel.
1957.23
Notes:
This unfinished drawing is considered to be one of the artist's last works; he died on June 19, 1840.
Inscription:
Signed and dated, in pen and brown ink, at lower left, "P. J. Redouté / (Avril 1840)".
Provenance:
Philip Hofer; Edwin de T. Bechtel.
Associated names:
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984, former owner.
Bechtel, Edwin DeTurck, 1880-1957, former owner.
Bibliography:
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Ninth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958 & 1959. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959, p. 115-116.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 162.
Flowers in Books and Drawings ca. 940-1840, Helen B. Mules, Dr. Paul Needham, William M. Voelkle, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1980, no. 131.
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