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A PRECIOUS FLOWER

A PRECIOUS FLOWER

measurements
31 1/2 by 23 in.

alternate measurements
80 by 58.4 cm

signed and dated A. L. Kroll / 1911 lower left

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Overall good condition, canvas unlined, rippled, surface with light soiling, scattered faint craquelure, under UV light no apparent inpainting

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EXHIBITED

New York, National Academy of Design, Annual Exhibition, no. 166, illustrated

LITERATURE

For other paintings from this group, see: Gerald Peters Gallery, Leon Kroll Revisited, New York, 1988, pp. 24-27 and:
Leon Kroll, A Spoken Memoir, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1983, plate 5

NOTE

This painting is related to at least three other paintings by Kroll from 1911, in which he explored the depiction of figures within interiors incorporating mirror reflections. The present work is an extremely fine example of Kroll's lyrical impressionism of this period. Kroll had recently returned to New York from academic studies in Paris, where he was strongly influenced by the Impressionists and had been introduced to Post-Impressionism through the works of Cezanne and Van Gogh.