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The Black Sun by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

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The Black Sun

1900

Medium: Oil with incising on board
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 9 3/8" (32.4 x 23.8 cm)
Genre: painting
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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Painting & Sculpture

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

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Odilon Redon, 1886

A Strange Juggler, plate 5 from Homage to Goya

A Strange Juggler, plate 5 from Homage to Goya

Odilon Redon, 1885

We Both Saw a Large Pale Light, plate 2 of 6

We Both Saw a Large Pale Light, plate 2 of 6

Odilon Redon, 1896

Arï

Arï

Odilon Redon, 1898

On the Backdrop of Our Nights God with His Knowing Finger Traces a Multiform Implacable Nightmare, plate 6 of 9

On the Backdrop of Our Nights God with His Knowing Finger Traces a Multiform Implacable Nightmare, plate 6 of 9

Odilon Redon, 1890

Gnome, plate six from In Dreams

Gnome, plate six from In Dreams

Odilon Redon, 1879

Untitled Trial Lithograph

Untitled Trial Lithograph

Odilon Redon, 1900

Paul Sérusier, Painter

Paul Sérusier, Painter

Odilon Redon, 1903

In the Maze of Branches, the Pale Figure Appeared, plate 2 of 7

In the Maze of Branches, the Pale Figure Appeared, plate 2 of 7

Odilon Redon, 1887

Light

Light

Odilon Redon, 1893

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Odilon Redon, 1879

Standard-Bearer Crossing a Stream

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Odilon Redon, 1868