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Odilon Redon

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Lithograph of a bearded old man reading an open book by candlelight at a table beside a small leaded window.

Le Liseur (The reader)

1892

Lithograph of a pale creature lying in darkness beneath glowing orbs floating in a night sky, by Odilon Redon.

Quand s'eveillait la Vie au Fon de la matiere obscure (When life was awakening in the depths of obscure matter)

1883

Lithograph by Odilon Redon showing a large glowing eye with radiating lashes rising from a dark, speckled ground.

Il y eut peut-etre une vision premiere essayee dans la fleur (There was perhaps a first vision attempted in the flower)

1883

Le Satyre au cynique sourire (The Satyr with the cynical smile)

1883

Lithograph of a female centaur raising a spear above a coiled serpent and a limp arm on the ground.

Il y eut des luttes et des vaines victoires (There were struggles and vain victories)

1883

Lithograph of a pale winged creature tumbling in a dark, textured space, by Odilon Redon, 1883.

L'Aile impuissante n'eleva point la bete en ces noirs espaces (The impotent wing did not lift the animal into that bl…

1883

Dark lithograph of a nude man leaning forward, arm outstretched toward a glowing hazy landscape under a shadowy sky.

Et l'homme parut, interrogeant le sol d'ou il sort et qui l'attire, il se fraya la voie vers (And Man appeared; quest…

1883

Etching of a pale, luminous female figure rising through dark hatched shadows, with a glowing light at upper left.

Passage d'une Ame (Passage of a Spirit)

1891

Lithograph of a man's face with curling hair emerging from a dark rectangular frame, by Odilon Redon, 1891.

C'etait un voile, un empreinte (It was a veil, an imprint)

1891

Lithograph of a hooded robed figure holding a staff inside a large circle, with dark textured shading around it.

Et la-bas l'idole astrale, l'Apotheose (And beyond, the star idol, the apotheosis)

1891

Lueur precaire, une tete a l'infini suspendue(Precarious glimmering, a head suspended

1891

Lithograph of a dark winged creature on a rocky ledge beside a black sphere, with large shadowy wings under a pale sky.

Sous l'aile d'ombre, l'etre noir appliquait une active morsure (Beneath the wing of shadow the black creature was bit…

1891

Lithograph of a hooded pilgrim on a dark mount beneath a glowing celestial form in a shadowy night landscape.

Pélerin du monde sublunaire (Pilgrim of the sublunary world)

1891

Lithograph of a woman with closed eyes and long flowing hair, shown against a pale hazy background with rocks below.

Yeux Clos (Closed Eyes)

1890

Black and white lithograph of a pale woman in a long gown with floating masks and horn shapes above her.

Haunting

1893-94

The Book of Light

1893

Composite of Odilon Redon's 1896 lithograph plates for The Haunted House, showing interiors, a dog, a hand on a letter, and a

The Haunted House

1896

Etching of a rider on a galloping horse fleeing across rocky terrain beneath towering cliffs and a cloudy sky.

La Peur (Fear)

1865

Etching of a rocky gorge with horsemen crossing a shallow ford beneath billowing clouds.

Le Gue (The Ford)

1865

Etching of a dark landscape with billowing clouds, trees on a hillside, and a small galloping horseman in the foreground.

Cavalier Galopant (Galloping Horseman)

1866

Lithograph of a sleeping woman with curled hair and a dark hair ornament, with yellow flowers and light strokes below.

The Shulamite

1897

Charcoal drawing of a hairy, wide-eyed creature crouching among dark foliage, with one arm raised.

Caliban

1881

Een man van het volk. Tekening voor een illustratie in Le Juré van Edmond Picard

1887

Pastel drawing of a bouquet of blue cornflowers, yellow daisies and red flowers in a dark vase on a tan background.

Wildflowers

1905

Pastel drawing of blue, yellow and white pansies in a dark brown vase against a tan background.

Pansies

1905

Watercolor drawing of five butterflies in blue, yellow, brown and green scattered across a cream sheet of paper.

Five Butterflies

1912

Young Woman in Profile

1910

Dark drawing of a rider on horseback with a lance facing a glowing dragon-like creature under a luminous sky.

Saint George and the Dragon

1880

Perversite (Perversity)

1891

Etching of a chaotic cavalry battle with soldiers and horses under a dark, smoky sky, bodies scattered in the foreground.

Gevecht

1865

Etching of a rocky mountain landscape with cliffs and small huddled figures in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Angst

1866

Etching of old stone houses with balconies and rooftops under a cloudy sky, with small figures on rocky ground.

Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

1866