Berthe Morisot - Dahlias 1876
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Dahlias 1876
45x55cm oil/canvas
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA , United States
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From Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute:
Morisot rarely painted still lifes, and she subverts the conventions of the genre in this image. A large vase dominates the composition, pushing the flowers to the top of the canvas. Shown from above and positioned slightly off center, the arrangement sits next to a half-open fan on a polished tabletop. Though Morisot did not exhibit Dahlias, her fellow Impressionists included the painting in a memorial exhibition after her death in 1895.