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John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society

Catalogue Entry

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Keywords
P.906
Spring Flowers
Alternate title: Wild Flowers
ca. 1890–91
Pastel on paper
19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower left: J. H. Twachtman–
Brigham Young University, Museum of Art, Provo, Utah, Gift of Mahonri Sharp Young and Cecilia Agnes Young Lay (820038923)
Provenance
(American Art Galleries, New York, Twachtman estate sale, March 24, 1903, no. 44, as Wild Flowers);
to Julian Alden Weir;
by descent to present collection, 1959.
Exhibitions
1903–I American Art Galleries
American Art Galleries, New York, Sale of the Work of the Late John H. Twachtman, exhibition and auction, March 19–24, 1903, no. 44, as Wild Flowers.
1907–I Lotos Club
Lotos Club, New York, Exhibition of Paintings by the Late John H. Twachtman, January 5–31, 1907, no. 39, as Wild Flowers, loaned by J. Alden Weir.
1999 High Museum of Art
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, John Henry Twachtman: An American Impressionist, February 26–May 21, 2000. (Peters 1999–I), no. 13, as Spring Flowers. Traveled to: Cincinnati Art Museum, June 6–September 5, 1999; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, October 16, 1999–January 2, 2000.
Literature
New-York Tribune 1903–I
"Art Exhibitions: The Twachtman, Colman and Burritt Collections." New-York Tribune, March 21, 1903, p. 9, as Wild Flowers.
New-York Tribune 1903–II
"Twachtman Pictures, $16,610: Former Pupils Applaud Sales of Favorite Canvases." New-York Tribune, March 25, 1903, p. 9, as Wild Flowers.
Sun 1903–II
"Twachtman Pictures, $16,610." Sun (New York), March 25, 1903, p. 5, as Wild Flowers.
New York Times 1903–III
"Twachtman Picture Sale." New York Times, March 25, 1903, p. 5, as Wild Flowers.
Hale 1957
Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958, vol. 2, p. 527 (catalogue G, no. 945), as Wild Flowers. (Hale concordance).
Peters 1995
Peters, Lisa N. "John Twachtman (1853–1902) and the American Scene in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Frontier within the Terrain of the Familiar." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, City University of New York, 1995. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1996, vol. 1, p. 267; vol. 2, p. 814 ill. in b/w (fig. 290), as Spring Flowers.
Peters 1999–I
Peters, Lisa N. John Henry Twachtman: An American Impressionist. Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1999 High Museum of Art), pp. 83, 85 ill. in color, as Spring Flowers.
Commentary

This pastel was shown as Wild Flowers in Twachtman's 1903 estate sale, from which it was purchased by Julian Alden Weir. In 1907 it was among a group of works Weir lent to Twachtman's memorial exhibition at the Lotos Club. Here Twachtman noted the contrast between the flutter of the windblown pink flowers and the newly sprouted leaves, which cling more tenaciously to branches and stems.