Vase with Irises 20x16"
In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Remy, Van Gogh painted four exuberant bouquets of spring flowers, the only still life paintings of any ambition he had undertaken during his yearlong stay: two of irises, two of roses, in contrasting color schemes and formats. In the Museum鈥檚 Irises he sought a 鈥渉armonious and soft鈥