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Pierre-Joseph Redouté Saint-Hubert 1759 - 1840 Paris
Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description
- Pierre-Joseph Redouté
- Wreath of Wild Roses
- signed lower left P. J. Redouté.
- watercolor and pencil on vellum, with gilt framing lines
Provenance
With W. Graham Arader, New York;
By whom sold to the present collector.
By whom sold to the present collector.
Exhibited
Greenwich, CT, Bruce Museum of Arts & Sciences, The Floral Art of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, July 20- November 3, 2002; Fort Worth TX, Kimbell Art Museum, November 17, 2002-March 2, 2003, cat. no. 44.
Catalogue Note
This is the original watercolor for the frontispiece illustration for Les Roses. In the published engravings, an excerpt in Greek from a poem dedicated to roses by the ancient Greek poet Anacreon (born circa 570 B.C.) was printed in the middle of the wreath (see Fig. 1).