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Odilon Redon

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Lithograph of three robed priestesses waiting in a dark stone archway, two embracing and one standing with hands clasped.

The Priestesses Were Waiting, from Night

1886

Brunnhilde

1886

Lithograph of a woman with a patterned headband and dark veil, her face lit by a glowing light against a shadowy background.

Dark Peak

1887

Girl

1887

Etching of a hairy, round-bodied spider with long legs standing on a tiled floor against a grey background.

Spider

1887

Soft pencil sketch of a fantastical fish-like creature with large staring eyes and flowing fins on cream paper.

Menu of a Dinner for French Lithographers, April 1, 1887

Mar. 25, 1886

The Idol, frontispiece from Emile Verhaeren's Les Soirs

1887

Title page with blackletter 'Le Juré' heading, 'Odilon Redon' and 'Edmond Picard' in serif type, and a list of seven plates.

Cover for "Le Juré"

1887

Dark lithograph with many small round floating faces drifting across a gradient background, by Odilon Redon.

Is There Not an Invisible World, from The Juror

1887

Lithograph of many small glowing faces floating over a dark smoky background with a shadowy form at lower left.

Why Should There Not Exist an Invisible World...?, plate 6 from Edmond Picard's Le Jure

1887

Monochrome lithograph of a skull and skeletal arm above dark water, with a glowing haze and a half-submerged head below.

The Dream has Ended in Death, from The Juror

1887

Dark lithograph by Odilon Redon showing a woman's head above water and a chariot with two rearing white horses in the upper l

First a pool of water, then a prostitute, the corner of a temple, a soldier's face, a chariot with two rearing white…

1888

Lithograph of a coiled serpent body with a human head and halo on a pedestal, beside a stone archway with carved faces.

A Long Chrysalis, the Color of Blood, plate 2 of 6

1889

Léon Fayet (?)

1910

The Sphinx

1883

Charcoal drawing of a glowing nebula-like orb with radiating rays and stars in a dark night sky above a horizon.

Le Nebuleuse

1875/80

Vision

1895/97

Drawing of a young man in a powdered wig and white collar, one hand on an open book at a table.

The Little Abbot Reading the Ramayana

1883

Brown drawing of a helmeted figure leaning over a cauldron holding a skull and a pale face amid dark smoke.

Cauldron of the Sorceress

1879

Charcoal drawing of a pale face with large eyes atop a curved stem, dark petals behind it, and fallen leaves on the ground.

Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor)

1880

Dark lithograph of a gothic clock tower with a large round clock face, carved figures and gargoyles, under a pale grainy sky.

A Bell in the Tower Was Ringing the Hour, plate 4 from Edmond Picard's Le Jure

1887

Black-and-white lithograph of a skull appearing through a wall opening beneath wooden beams, by Odilon Redon.

Through an Opening in the Wall, a Skull Appeared, plate 1 from Edmond Picard's Le Jure

1887

Lithograph of a centaur on a rocky ridge drawing a bow and arrow toward curving clouds above.

Centaur Taking Aim at the Clouds

1895

Frontispiece for Le mouvement idéaliste en peinture (The Idealistic Movement in Painting) by André Mellerio

1896

Lithograph by Odilon Redon of a distant city with arches and towers above a dark rock in the foreground, under a shadowed sky

And I John Saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, Coming Down from God Out of Heaven, plate 11 of 12

1899

Head of Woman With Corsage of Flowers

1900

Germination, plate two from In Dreams

1879

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a straining nude figure carrying a huge dotted die on a rocky shore.

The Die, also called the Weight of Passions

1878/82

Pencil drawing of a veiled woman kneeling by a rocky hill under a leaning bare tree, with a distant town and birds.

Woman Kneeling

c. 1868

Etching of a stone town beside a river, with an arched bridge, a church spire and mountains in the background.

St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port

1866

Lithograph of a dark basalt-columned interior with a bright vaulted opening and light falling onto a stone floor.

And On Every Side Are Columns of Basalt,...the Light Falls From the Vaulted Roof, plate 3 of 24

1896

Dark lithograph of high-heeled shoes with scattered flowers and pearls at their base against a black background.

Flowers Fall and the Head of a Python Appears, plate 5 of 24

1896