Provenance: About 1885-95, the artist. Private collection, Philadelphia; Philadelphia art market; with A. Frederick Mondschein, New York; with Newhouse Galleries, New York; Joseph Katz, Baltimore; 1946, with Victor Spark, New York; 1946, sold by Victor Spark to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I.; 1947, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)
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Inscriptions
Lower left center: M.J. Heade
Notes
In the late 1880s, after settling in Florida, Heade painted a series of "reclining" magnolias. In these canvases, he contrasted the milky-white petals and glossy, green leaves of the indigenous "Magnolia grandiflora" to the rich texture and color of the velvet. One critic likened these sensuous works to "odalisques on a couch." (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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