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He could make out an arid plain... by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

He could make out an arid plain...

He could make out an arid plain...

Medium: Lithograph
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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When Life Was Awakening in the Depths of Obscure Matter

When Life Was Awakening in the Depths of Obscure Matter

Odilon Redon, 1883

Auricular Cell

Auricular Cell

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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 of the night sky, O vessel of sadness, O tall silent woman)

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 of the night sky, O vessel of sadness, O tall silent woman)

Odilon Redon, 1890

The Gambler, plate five from In Dreams

The Gambler, plate five from In Dreams

Odilon Redon, 1879

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

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

Odilon Redon, 1896

It is a Skull Wreathed in Roses...

It is a Skull Wreathed in Roses...

Odilon Redon, 1888

Is There Not an Invisible World, from The Juror

Is There Not an Invisible World, from The Juror

Odilon Redon, 1887

Primitive Being

Primitive Being

Odilon Redon, 1871

She Draws From Her Bosom a Sponge, Perfectly Black, and Covers it With Kisses, plate 8 of 24

She Draws From Her Bosom a Sponge, Perfectly Black, and Covers it With Kisses, plate 8 of 24

Odilon Redon, 1896

I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

Odilon Redon, 1896

Pilgrim of the Sublunary World, plate 5 of 6

Pilgrim of the Sublunary World, plate 5 of 6

Odilon Redon, 1891

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Odilon Redon, 1860