A Redouté for the Getty
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Turmeric (Curcuma longa) , about 1800. Getty Museum, purchased with funds provided by the Disegno Group The Getty Museum has acquired its first work by botanical artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840). Tumeric (Curcuma longa) depicts the stem and flowers of the plant that produces turmeric, a curry spice that provides the yellow color to American mustard. It's one of 487 watercolors on vellum made for Redouté's eight-volume treatise on lilies. All were once owned by Empress Josephine Bonaparte. Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, sold Turmeric to the Getty. Last year the Getty bought a Flowering Cactus by Redouté's pupil Marie-Alexandrine-Olimpe Arson . There is a Redouté watercolor, also of a flowering cactus , at LACMA.
