Bouquet of Small Chrysanthemums (Léon Bonvin)
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Bouquet of Small Chrysanthemums is a mid 19th century still life watercolor by Léon Bonvin. The drawing, which depicts a vase of flowers set on a table, is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]
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Artist | Léon Bonvin |
Year | 1862 |
Medium | Watercolor, gouache |
Dimensions | 15.5 cm × 14.9 cm (6.1 in × 5.9 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession | 1996.296 |
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Poor and largely self-taught, Bonvin, born in Vaugirard near Paris, went largely unrecognized by the art world and hung himself in 1866 at the age of 32.[2]