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Pierre Joseph Redouté
1759-1840
Album of Drawings of Flowers
Watercolor over pencil on vellum.
About 7 x 5 inches (178 x 126 mm)
Gift of Mr. Junius S. Morgan and Mr. Henry S. Morgan.
1952.27
Notes:
This elaborate volume contains thirty drawings, all signed by Redouté. Several sheets include descriptive notes.
1 drawing removed, 1 loose.
Inscription:
All signed; several with descriptive notes.
Provenance:
Mrs. J.P. Morgan; by descent to her sons, Junius S. and Henry S. Morgan.
Associated names:
Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Bibliography:
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953, p. 67.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 162.
Flowers in Books and Drawings, ca. 940-1840. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1980, no. 133, pl. 24 (in color).
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