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Odilon Redon

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Lithograph of a solitary cloaked man beside a bench and a large tree in a dark night landscape.

The Man was Alone in a Night Landscape, from Night

1886

Brünnhilde

1894

Obsession

1894

Etching of two figures by a pond beside tall bare trees, with rolling hills and a cloudy sky beyond.

Tobias

c. 1880

Armor

1891

Charcoal drawing of a tall hooded woman in a long robe against a warm ochre background with pale light.

Beatrice

c. 1892

Grey monochrome print of a woman with closed eyes and long hair, shoulders bare, with rocky ground below.

Closed Eyes

1890

Black and white lithograph of a man with wide eyes and a hand at his mouth, set against a dark, hatched sky with a diagonal c

In My Dream I Saw in the Sky a Face of Mystery

1885

Lithograph of a sad human head on a curving marsh stem rising from dark water, with radiating light behind the face.

The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head

1885

Lithograph of a bearded madman standing arms folded between tall tree trunks in a bleak rocky landscape.

A Madman in a Dismal Landscape

1885

Dark lithograph of a large eye in a curved vessel on a ledge, beside a column, with a small face below.

There Were Also Embryonic Beings

1885

Upon Awakening I Saw the Goddess of the Intelligible with Her Severe and Hard Profile

1885

Dark lithograph by Odilon Redon showing a chariot with rearing horses, a soldier's face, a woman's face, and a temple corner.

First a Pool of Water, Then a Prostitute, the Corner of a Temple, a Soldier's Face, a Chariot with Two White, Rearing…

1888

Dark lithograph of a hooded shadowy figure with hands clasped at its center, light catching the edges of its cloak.

It Is the Devil, Bearing Beneath His Two Wings the Seven Deadly Sins

1888

Lithograph of a pensive woman with a large dark bird with spread wings behind her head, in black and grey tones.

And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurls Itself against the Topmost Point of Her Hair

1888

Black and white lithograph of a veiled woman beside a shadowed figure raising an urn toward a bright light.

He Raises the Bronze Urn

1888

Then There Appears a Singular Being, Having the Head of a Man on the Body of a Fish

1888

Black lithograph of a skull wreathed in roses above a pale female torso against a dark swirling background.

It Is a Skull Wreathed with Roses. It Dominates a Woman's Torso of Pearly Whiteness

1888

Dark lithograph of a chimera with a pale neck and glowing eyes emerging from shadow beneath a light sky.

The Chimera with Green Eyes Turns, Bays

1888

Dark lithograph with a glowing spiral shell at center and grotesque creatures emerging from shadow below.

And All Manner of Frightful Creatures Arise

1888

Monochrome lithograph of a dark radiating orb floating above a rocky outcrop under a hatched cloudy sky.

Everywhere Eyeballs are Aflame

1888

Lithograph of a bearded face with long hair inside a bright disk, surrounded by radiating black and white strokes.

And In the Very Disk of the Sun Shines the Face of Jesus Christ

1888

Cover for Redon's 1888 Tentation de Saint-Antoine with dark ink forms and swirling lines beside the title text.

Cover

1888

Pastel drawing of a bouquet of mixed flowers in a blue vase against a brown background, by Odilon Redon.

Bouquet of Flowers

ca. 1900-1905

Head of a Young Girl in Profile

1895

Charcoal drawing of a man in a laurel wreath, head resting on his hand, gazing outward against a dark background.

False Glory

c. 1885

Drawing of a bearded man in the foreground with a shadowy hunched figure above and hatched foliage behind, in brown tones.

Faust and Mephistopheles

1880

Baronne de Domecy

about 1900

"Here is the Good-goddess, the Idean of the mountains," (Mellerio 148)

1896

Charcoal drawing of the winged horse Pegasus with a pale rider, wings spread in dark strokes on tan paper.

Pegasus and Bellerophon

ca. 1888

Limbo, plate four from In Dreams

1879

Then There Appears a Singular Being, Having the Head of a Man On the Body of a Fish, plate 5 of 10

1888

Black and white print of a bearded elderly man reading a book by candlelight at a table beside a leaded window.

The Reader

1892

Veiled woman with a sword before her mouth, stars on her outstretched hand, dark columns behind; Redon lithograph.

Et il avait dans sa main droit sept etoiles, et de sa bouch sortait une epee aigue a deux tranchants (And he had in h…

1899

Lithograph of a winged angel with closed eyes holding a chained censer beside a dark shadowy form.

Puis l'ange prit l'encensoir (And the angel took the censer)

1899

Lithograph of a blazing star falling through a dark sky among pale, ghostly figures and skulls, with swirling light below.

Et il tombe du ciel une grande etoile ardente (And there fell a great star from heaven burning as it were a lamp)

1899

Une femme revêtue du Soleil (A woman clothed with the sun)

1899

Et le diable qui les seduisait, fut jete dans l'etang de feu et de soufre, ou es la b ete et le faux prophete (And th…

1899

Lithograph of a towered walled city hovering above a dark rock, with radiating light in the upper corner, by Odilon Redon.

Et moi, Jean, Je vis la sainte cite, la nouvelle Jerusalem, qui descendait du ciel, d'aupres de dieu (And I John saw…

1899

Lithograph of a bearded man with long hair, head bowed and hands clasped, in soft crosshatched shading.

C'est moi, Jean, qui ai vu et qui ai oie ces choses (And I John saw these things and heard them

1899

Lithograph of a veiled seated figure holding a book under an arch, with faces and reflections in dark water below.

Puis je vis, dans la main droite de celui quietait assis sur le trone, un livre ecritdedans et dehors, scelle de sept…

1899

Lithograph of a chained serpent coiled around a stone pedestal in a dark cave, with a faint light on the right.

Et le lia pour mille ans (And bound him a thousand years)

1899

Dark lithograph of a hooded winged figure above a cream panel with the dedication to Gustave Flaubert by Odilon Redon.

Frontispiece

1889

Lithograph of a sleeping face at the top of a long chrysalis on a pedestal, with a gothic archway behind it.

Une longue chrysalide couleur de sang (A longchrysalis, the color of blood)

1889

Dark lithograph of a nude woman with raised arms, hair threaded with roses, and swirling shadows around her body.

La Mort: Mon ironie depasse toutes les autres! (Death: My iron surpasses all others!)

1889

Lithograph by Odilon Redon showing a large eye with lashes amid dark, scratchy hatched lines, with a French caption below.

Saint-Antoine: Il doit y avoir quelque part des figures primordiales dont les corps ne sont que les images (Saint Ant…

1889

Lithograph of a pale sphinx facing a dark chimera with a serpent tail against a shadowy background.

Le Sphynx...mon regard que rien ne peut devier, demeure tendu a travers les choses sur un horizon inaccessible. La Ch…

1889

Dark lithograph of an upside-down figure with its head at the bottom, set against heavy shadow and a pale textured ground.

Les Sciapodes: La tete le plus bas possible, c'est le secret du bonheur! (The Skiapods: "The head as low as possible,…

1889

Charcoal drawing of a crouched seated man with head in hand, set against a dark rocky slope and hazy mountains.

Primitive Man

1872

Lithograph of a hooded robed figure with a staff inside a glowing circular halo against a dark hatched background.

And Beyond, the Astral Idol, the Apotheosis (Et là-bas l'idole astrale, l'apothéose), from the portfolio Dreams (Songes)

1891

Lithograph of a hunched figure with head in hand beside a winged horse, set against a dark shadowed lower half.

Gevleugeld paard

1894

De slaap

1898

Dark lithograph of a faint seated figure at a small table, with a large shadowy creature with glowing eyes above.

Ik kijk van bovenaf op de vage vormen van een menselijke figuur

1896

Portret van Edouard Vuillard

1900

Portret van Pierre Bonnard

1902

Portret van Paul Serusier

1903

Portret van Maurice Denis

1903

Etching of two horsemen near water beneath dark, jagged rocky cliffs and a pale sky, titled Lutte de cavaliers.

De twee kleine ruiter

1865

Portret van Roger Marx

1904

Charcoal drawing of a nude man leaning over a large sleeping head with dark hair on a grassy slope.

Primitive Being

c. 1876

Beatrice

1897

Grey lithograph of a stern armored knight in a helmet holding a spear, set against a dark background.

Parsifal

1892

Lithograph of a veiled figure with a sword before her mouth and glowing stars on her outstretched hand, against a dark backgr

And He Had in His Right Hand Seven Stars; and Out of His Mouth Went a Sharp Two-Edged Sword

1899

Lithograph of a bearded man with long hair, head bowed, hands clasped in prayer, with French text below.

And I John Saw These Things, and Heard Them

1899

A Woman Clothed with the Sun

1899

Dark monochrome print of a stone staircase and arched doorway with a pale tiled floor and soft light on the left wall.

I Saw a Flash of Light, Large and Pale

1896

Black and white print of a winged angel descending in darkness, holding a long chain in one hand.

And I Saw an Angel Coming Down from Heaven, Having the Key of the Bottomless Pit and a Great Chain in His Hand

1899

Black and white print of a seated pale figure beside a pedestal table, with a shadowy face with glowing eyes looming above in

Below, I Saw the Vaporous Contours of a Human Form

1896

Lithograph of a hound with head lowered, looking upward, tail raised, against loose hatched shading.

He Fixed His Eyes on Me with an Expression That Was So Strange

1896

Black-and-white lithograph of a hand resting on a letter and envelope on a dark table against a black background.

To All Appearances, It Was a Hand of Flesh and Blood Just Like My Own

1896

Dark ink frontispiece showing a clock-like form with a small pale face and flowers on top, surrounded by hatched shading.

Couverture - Frontispice

1890

Les Fleurs du Mal

1890

Je t'adore a l'egal de la voute nocturne. O vase de tristesse, o grande taciturne (I adore you as I adore the vault o…

1890

Etching of a seated figure emerging from a dark base, wrapped in swirling lines beneath a large flask-like shape.

Parfois on trouve un vieux flacon qui se souvient, d'ou jaillit toute vive une ame qui revient (Sometimes one finds a…

1890

Dark monochrome print of a pale tomb in an arched recess, with a floating ghostly head and a drifting coffin above.

Si par une nuit lourde et sombre, un bon chretien, par charite, derriere quelque vieux decombre, enterre votre corps…

1890

Sketch-like lithograph of a nude woman standing by a bed with a hooded figure and draped curtains in a dim interior.

Volupte, Fantome Elastique! (Pleasure, elastic phantom!)

1890

Dreamlike lithograph of floating faces, a large eye and shadowy heads on a dark grainy background.

Sur le fond de nos nuits dieu de son doigt savant dessine un cauchemar multiforme et sans treve (On backdrop of our n…

1890

Dark etching of two seated figures on a rocky ledge beneath a cliff, facing a glowing moon with radiating strokes.

Sans cesse a mes cotes s'agite le demon (Ceaselessly by my side the demon stirs)

1890

Black-and-white drawing of a spiky thistle-like flower with a curving stem and one leaf on cream paper.

Cul-de-Lampe

1890

Lithograph of a serpent bound by chains in a dark, rocky cavern, with a faint light on the ground at right.

And Bound Him a Thousand Years

1899

Lithograph of a skeletal rider called Death on a pale horse in a dark, misty landscape, with a French caption below.

And His Name That Sat on Him Was Death

1899

The Breadth and Flatness of the Frontal Bone

1896

Brünnhilde in Twilight of the Gods

1894

Lithograph of a blazing star falling through a dark sky above swirling forms and horned figures.

And There Fell a Great Star from Heaven, Burning as it were a Lamp

1899

And Another Angel Came Out of the Temple which is in Heaven, and He also Having a Sharp Sickle

1899

And the Devil That Deceived Them was Cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, Where the Beast and the False Prophet Are

1899

Lithograph of a walled city on a ledge above a dark rock, with dense black strokes filling the sky, by Odilon Redon.

And I, John, Saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, Coming Down from God and out of Heaven

1899

Lithograph of a robed seated figure holding a book in an arched niche, with grotesque heads below and dark water reflections.

And I Saw in the Right Hand of Him that Sat on the Throne a Book Written within and on the Backside, Sealed with Seve…

1899

Lithograph of a winged angel with closed eyes holding a chained censer beside a dark smoky mass.

And the Angel Took the Censer

1899

Title page of La Maison hantée with small central vignette of a rodent-like creature, printed text on pale paper.

Title Plate

1896

Lithograph of a sleeping woman with dark curled hair, head resting on her arm, with yellow tinted strokes and a floral motif.

La Sulamite (The Shulamite)

1897

Lithograph of a tree trunk and leafy branches seen through a grid-paned window, set in a dark interior wall.

Le Jour (Day)

1891

Roger Marx

1904

A La Vieillesse (To Old Age)

1886

Etching of a single tree with a thick trunk, spreading branches and small leaves against a pale background.

Arbre (Tree)

1892

Ari

1898