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Light by Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916) — VisualArtsDB

Light

Light

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)

1893

Medium: lithograph on China paper laid down on wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 31.9 x 24.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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France, 19th century

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Redon originally named this print "Pensive Head."

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St. Anthony: "Help me, O my God!", plate 2 of 24

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Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1896

He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

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Maurice Denis

Maurice Denis

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1903

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

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Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1888

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L'Art Celeste (The Celestial Art)

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1894

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Standard Bearer

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1868

And the Angel Took the Censer, plate 4 of 12

And the Angel Took the Censer, plate 4 of 12

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1899

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Cell

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1860

And Man Appeared; Questioning the Earth From Which He Emerged and Which Attracted Him, He Made His Way Toward Somber Brightness, plate 8 of 8 from "Les Origines"

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Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1883

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Apollonius

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1896

Frontispiece for Les Flambeaux noirs by Emile Verhaeren

Frontispiece for Les Flambeaux noirs by Emile Verhaeren

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1890

Brünnhilde

Brünnhilde

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1894