Bouquet of Roses

Label Text

Fantin-Latour is best known for his realistic paintings of fruit and flowers; however, only one of his prints depicts flowers. The rest of his print oeuvre, consisting of approximately 200 works, primarily is concerned with illustrations for musical compositions by Wagner, Berlioz, Schumann and other composers. These were favorite themes in his paintings as well.

The artist's biographer writes that Bouquet of Roses "was drawn direct from a painted sketch" but the lithograph itself is quite full and complete with a rich range of tones which almost suggest color.

Source:Bulletin, January-February, 1977.

Exhibition History"Allegories of Consciousness: Perfection in Printmaking Since the Renaissance," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

"Commitment, Community and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, January 24, 1998 - May 10, 1998
Published ReferencesDRAWING, A STUDIO GUIDE, by Lu Bro, pub. by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1978, cat. fig. no. 18.3, repro. p. 177

Hediard 26 ii

WIE LERNE ICH ZEICHNEN, by Lu Bro, pub. by DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne, 1983, repro. p. 199, fig. 18.3

DimensionsSheet: 25 3/8 × 19 15/16 in. (64.5 × 50.6 cm)
Frame: 29 3/4 × 24 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (75.6 × 61.6 × 4.4 cm)
Image: 16 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (41.3 × 35.2 cm)

Accession Number 1976.77

Classificationsprint

CopyrightPublic Domain

SignedFantin 79 (u,l plate) H. Fantin (l,r graphite)

InscriptionsImp Lemercier & C. ie, Paris (l,c in border below plate)

Catalogue raisonnéHediard 26 ii