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Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier, 1865–1946)

1901
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 813
Marie Escudier Fontaine was the wife of a wealthy Parisian industrialist and art patron whose circle of friends included a number of writers, musicians, and artists, among them André Gide, Claude Debussy, and Vuillard, who twice painted her portrait. Redon executed this likeness, one of his finest and most finished pastels, when the Fontaines came to visit him and his wife at the seaside resort of Saint-Georges-de-Didonne on the southwest coast of France in September 1901.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier, 1865–1946)
  • Artist: Odilon Redon (French, Bordeaux 1840–1916 Paris)
  • Date: 1901
  • Medium: Pastel on paper
  • Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (72.4 x 57.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson Jr. Purchase Fund, 1960
  • Object Number: 60.54
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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