1961.161: Dahlias in a Vase

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1961.161

People

Théo van Rysselberghe, Belgian (Ghent, Belgium 1862 - 1926 St-Clair (Manche), France)

Title

Dahlias in a Vase

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1907

Culture

Belgian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/222184

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

45.7 x 38.1 cm (18 x 15 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.l. w/ artist's monogram/07

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mr. & Mrs. Peter I. B. Lavan, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter I. B. Lavan

Accession Year

1961

Object Number

1961.161

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)
• Ronald Feltkamp, Théo Van Rysselberghe 1862-1926, Editions Racine (Brussels, 2003), cat. no. 1907-051, repr.
• Diane Monier Moore, Immoralists and Drama Queens: André Gide, Théo Van Rysselberghe and their Colorful Entourage, Jersey 1907-1909, Blue Ormer (Guernsey, 2024), p. 141, fig. 83

Exhibition History

• Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000

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