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Bouquet of Flowers

Odilon Redon, ca. 1900–1905

Bouquet of Flowers by Odilon Redon
Bouquet of Flowers by Odilon Redon, 64 cm × 80 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

64 cm × 80 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 80 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
80 cm
Width
64 cm
Medium
Pastel on paper
Kind
Drawings
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
31 5/8 x 25 1/4 in. (80.3 x 64.1 cm)
Credit
Gift of Mrs. George B. Post, 1956

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
64 cm × 80 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made ca. 1900–1905. It is in the public domain, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Gift of Mrs. George B. Post, 1956.
How was it made?
Pastel on paper.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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