Peonies
1926
Georges Braque
Artist, French, 1882 - 1963
East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 56.2 x 69.3 cm (22 1/8 x 27 5/16 in.)
framed: 83.8 x 100.6 x 8.2 cm (33 x 39 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.) -
Accession Number
1963.10.90
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Paul Rosenberg and Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 1927 to (M. Knoedler and Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 1927 to (Kraushaar Galleries, New York); sold 1927 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1927
Modern French Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York, 1927, no. 1, repro.
1928
Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1928, no. 1.
1929
Loan Exhibition Held by New York University Gallery of Living Art: Contemporary Paintings, Brummer Gallery, New York, 1929, no. 40.
1930
Exhibition Commemorating the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Opening of the Albright Art Gallery, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1930, no. 3, repro.
"La Nature Morte" from Chardin to the Abstract, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1930, no. 18.
1931
A Group of Twentieth Century Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1931, no. 1.
1937
Exhibition of French Painting, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1937, no catalogue.
The Development of Flower Painting From the Seventeenth Century to the Present, City Art Museum, Saint Louis, 1937, no. 28, repro.
1938
Contemporary Movements in European Painting, Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, 1938, no. 9, repro.
1939
Seven Centuries of Painting, California Palace of the Legion of Honor and The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1939-1940, no. 171.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1952, no. 14, repro.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
1978
Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 33, repro.
2010
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Bibliography
1929
Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 78, repro.
1930
"Still Life 'From Chardin to the Abstract' Revealed in Show." Art Digest 4 (15 January 1930):11, repro.
1943
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 13, repro.
1952
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 14, repro.
1960
Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 15, repro.
1965
Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 14, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 20.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 12, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 46, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 598, no. 927, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 67, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: G. Braque / 26
Wikidata ID
Q20192659