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Sunflowers (Tournesols)
Sunflowers (Tournesols)

Sunflowers (Tournesols)

Date1956
Object number56.273
ProvenanceGalerie David & Garnier, Paris; purchased jointly from David & Garnier by [M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., London and New York, inv. no. A6578, December, 1956]; purchased from Knoedler by Seattle Art Museum (funds from Mr. and Mrs. Corydon Wagner), January 4, 1957
Exhibition HistoryWalla Walla, Washington, Olin Gallery, Whitman College, "School of Paris: The 20th Century," December 1978-January 1979
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Corydon Wagner through R. D. Merrill Foundation
Dimensions32 x 23 3/4 in. (81.28 x 60.33 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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