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Odilon Redon’s Flowers Fetch a Million

Result EUR1,096,000
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 28 November 2023 - 14:30 (CET) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

A bouquet invited us to take a deep breath of country air and remember that the French painter's art was rooted in nature.

Odilon Redon (1840-1916), Vase de fleurs des champs (Vase with Wildflowers), circa... Odilon Redon’s Flowers Fetch a Million

Odilon Redon (1840-1916), Vase de fleurs des champs (Vase with Wildflowers), circa 1900-1905, pastel on paper, 81.5 x 60 cm/32.08 x 23.62 in. Result: €1,096,000

It was already 2011, and yet the Odilon Redon exhibition at the Grand Palais (March 23 - June 20) left such a lasting impression that it is still very much on people's minds. After his strange—even disquieting—black-and-white works, the room of bouquets of flowers offered a breath of color and a little sweetness. The article…
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Tuesday 28 November 2023 - 14:30 (CET) - Live
Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
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The Symbolist master offers us this spectacular bouquet of flowers, testimony to his lifelong passion for botany.