Live Auction 22612Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale
JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN (1853-1902)
Lot 544

JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN (1853-1902)

Irises

Closed18 May 2024

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JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN (1853-1902)
Irises
signed 'J.H. Twachtman-' (lower left)
watercolor and pastel on paper
17 ¼ x 13 ½ in. (43.8 x 34.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1890s

Milch Galleries, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Biggs, Middleton, Delaware (by 1983).
Coe Kerr Gallery, New York.
Ira and Nancy Koger (acquired from the above, 1984).
Acquired by the present owner, 1992.

Specialist note

According to Lisa N. Peters, "Twachtman used pastel with gestural spontaneity in Irises, depicting the blossoms and stems of a cluster of the perennial multi-lobed flowers from a low vantage point. His close-up view of the flowers, along with a sense of their daytime growth, is suggestive of the images of the complex flower by Van Gogh such as Irises, 1889 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles). " (jhtwachtman.org)