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White Flowers in a Black Vase

Artist Nicolas de Staël (French, 1914-1955)
Place of OriginFrance
Date1953
DimensionsH: 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm); W: 28 3/4 in. (72.9 cm)
MediumOil on canvas, mounted on board
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1953.142
Not on View
Published ReferencesToledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, p. 155, pl. 304.

Lee, Katharine C., "Modern Art," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 11, no. 4, Autumn 1968, p. 95, repr. cover (col.).

Greenhalgh, Paul, The Modern Ideal: The Rise and Collapse of Idealism in the Visual Arts, from the Enlightenment to Post-Modernism, London, Victoria & Albert Publications, 2005, p. 175, repr. (col.).

Maldonado, Guitemie, Nicolas de Staël, Paris, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2015, repr. (col.) p. 10.

Exhibition HistoryNew York, Paul Rosenberg, Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Nicholas de Staël, 1914-1955, 1955, no. 3, repr.

New York, Paul Rosenberg, Nicholas de Staël, 1963, no. 7, repr. p. 15.

Memphis, TN, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Fruits and Flowers, 1958, no. 4.

Des Moines Art Center, Art in Western Europe: The Postwar Years 1945-1955, 1978, no. 63, repr.

Washington, Phillips Collection; Cincinnati Art Museum, Nicolas de Staël in America, 1990, no. 30, p. 177, repr. p. 87 (col.).

Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Avant Garde of France: The 1940's and 1950's, 1994, repr. p. 31.

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