Artworks · Odilon Redon

Felineness, plate seven from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on mounted ivory China paper

Image: 27.1 × 20.4 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Primary support: 27.1 × 20.7 cm (10 11/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 45.2 × 34.8 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Sad Ascent, plate nine from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on mounted ivory China paper

27 × 20 cm (10 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

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Vision, plate eight from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on mounted cream China paper

27.6 × 19.9 cm (10 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

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Limbo, plate four from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on mounted ivory China paper

30.7 × 22.3 cm (12 1/8 × 8 13/16 in.)

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The Gambler, plate five from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on mounted ivory China paper

27.3 × 19.3 cm (10 3/4 × 7 5/8 in.)

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Gnome, plate six from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on mounted ivory China paper

27.5 × 22.3 cm (10 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.)

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The Wheel, plate three from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on mounted ivory China paper

23.3 × 19.9 cm (9 3/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

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Blossoming, plate one from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on mounted ivory China paper

33.4 × 25.9 cm (13 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

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Germination, plate two from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on tan wove paper

27.3 × 19.5 cm (10 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)

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Cauldron of the Sorceress

1879 · Various charcoals, with stumping, erasing, and incising, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone

40.8 × 37.1 cm (16 1/8 × 14 5/8 in.)

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Sketchbook

1879 · 55-page sketch book of drawings in pencil on cream wove (with a few buff and blue) paper, with (simulated) laid paper interleaves, bound in black cardboard with black fabric taping on spine

11 × 18.5 × 1.7 cm (4 3/8 × 7 5/16 × 11/16 in.)

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Cover-Frontispiece, from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph on tan wove paper

30.2 × 22.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 13/16 in.)

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Vision, plate eight from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 27.5 × 19.8 cm (10 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 27.3 cm (14 3/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

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On the Dish, plate ten from In Dreams

1879 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.4 × 16 cm (9 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 27.2 cm (14 3/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Germination from In the Dream (Dans le rêve)

1879 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 11/16 x 7 11/16" (27.1 x 19.5 cm); sheet: 20 15/16 x 14 9/16" (53.2 x 37 cm)

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Gnome from In the Dream (Dans le rêve)

1879 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 11/16 x 8 5/8" (27.1 x 21.9 cm); sheet: 21 x 14 1/2" (53.3 x 36.8 cm)

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Feline Scene (Félinerie) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve)

1879 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 9/16 x 7 15/16" (26.8 x 20.1 cm); sheet: 21 x 14 1/2" (53.4 x 36.8 cm)

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Sad Ascent (Triste montée) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve)

1879 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 1/2 x 7 13/16" (26.6 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 20 15/16 x 14 7/16" (53.2 x 36.7 cm)

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On the Dish (Sur la coupe) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve)

1879 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 9 7/16 x 6 5/16" (24 x 16 cm); sheet: 21 x 14 1/2" (53.4 x 36.8 cm)

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The Gambler (Le Joueur) from In the Dream (Dans le rêve)

1879 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 5/8 x 7 9/16" (27 x 19.2 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 14 7/16" (53.1 x 36.7 cm)

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Vision from In the Dream (Dans le rêve)

1879 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 3/4 x 7 3/4" (27.3 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 21 x 14 7/16" (53.3 x 36.7 cm)

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Germination

1879 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 10 7/8 x 7 7/8" (27.7 x 20 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 11" (36 x 28 cm)

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The Celt

1878 · Charcoal, chalk, and white chalk on paper

17 7/8 x 14 3/8" (45.4 x 36.5 cm)

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Eye-Balloon (Œil-ballon)

1878 · Charcoal and chalk on colored paper

16 5/8 × 13 1/8" (42.2 × 33.3 cm)

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Guardian Spirit of the Waters

1878 · Various charcoals, with touches of black chalk, stumping, erasing, incising, and subtractive sponge work, heightened with traces of white chalk, on cream wove paper altered to a golden tone

46.6 × 37.6 cm (18 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.)

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a) Mephistopheles, also known as Harlequin (recto) b) Winged Figure with Serpent (verso)

1877 · Pencil and colored conté crayon on paper

6 5/8 x 5" (16.8 x 12.7 cm)

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Melancholy

1876 · Various charcoals and gouache, with pastel and black chalk, and touches of stumping and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone, laid down on gray wove paper

36.8 × 35.7 cm (14 1/2 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Tobias

1875 · Etching and drypoint on white wove paper

Image: 16.4 × 11.6 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.); Plate: 20.2 × 14.8 cm (8 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 16.4 cm (10 1/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

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Dream Vision

1875 · Etching and drypoint on buff wove paper

Plate: 12 × 12.3 cm (4 3/4 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 26.3 cm (13 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

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Le Nebuleuse

1875 · Two types of charcoal with stumping, scraping, erasing and burnishing, on ivory wove paper (discolored to cream)

52.6 × 37.5 cm (20 3/4 × 14 13/16 in.)

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Tree

1875 · Black charcoal with touches of brown charcoal, stumping, scraping and erasing, on ivory wove paper, discolored to cream

49.3 × 38.2 cm (19 7/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

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Dream Vision

1875 · Etching amd drypoint on ivory wove paper, cut within platemark and mounted on ivory wove paper

Image/sheet: 8.8 × 10.2 cm (3 1/2 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet, mount: 19.3 × 27.6 cm (7 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

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Tobias

1875 · Etching and drypoint on white wove paper

Image: 16.5 × 11.7 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.); Plate: 20.2 × 14.8 cm (8 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 26 × 16.6 cm (10 1/4 × 6 9/16 in.)

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Sketches

1875 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Plate: 12.2 × 9.3 cm (4 13/16 × 3 11/16 in.); Sheet: 20.5 × 12.5 cm (8 1/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

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David

1875 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Plate: 12 × 6.6 cm (4 3/4 × 2 5/8 in.); Sheet: 23.6 × 15.3 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

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Tobias

1875 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.5 × 11.7 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.); Plate: 14.8 × 20.2 cm (5 7/8 × 8 in.); Sheet: 16.4 × 25.7 cm (6 1/2 × 10 1/8 in.)

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Sketches

1875 · Etching and drypoint printed in brick red on ivory laid paper

Plate: 8.4 × 12.2 cm (3 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 32.5 cm (10 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

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Rocky Peak

1875 · Oil on cream wove cardstock mounted on board mounted on wood

9 3/4 x 13" (24.8 x 33 cm)

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Apache (Man on Horseback)

1875 · Oil over traces of black chalk on tan cardstock mounted on canvas

9 7/8 x 12 3/4" (25.1 x 32.4 cm)

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Landscape with Rocks, near Royan

1875 · Oil over black chalk on gray cardstock mounted on tan board

8 3/8 x 10 1/2" (21.3 x 26.7 cm)

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Apache (Man on Horseback II)

1875 · Oil on tan wove paper mounted on tan board

9 1/8 x 12 3/4" (23.2 x 32.4 cm)

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The Rocky Slope

1875 · Oil over black chalk on tan cardstock mounted on canvas

9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25.1 x 32.7 cm)

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Fishing Boat

1875 · Oil on canvas mounted on canvas

6 5/8 x 8 5/8" (16.8 x 21.9 cm)

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Windmill

1875 · Pastel on colored paper

16 5/8 x 20 3/8" (42.2 x 51.8 cm)

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Winged Horseman

1875 · Pencil on paper

16 x 10 1/8" (40.6 x 26.2 cm)

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Centaur Aiming at the Clouds

1875 · Pencil on paper

10 1/2 x 8 7/8" (26.5 x 22.6 cm)

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Descent into Hell

1873 · Charcoal and black chalk, with stumping, erasing, and wiping, on rose paper altered to a light golden tone

15 1/2 x 8 3/4" (39.4 x 22.2 cm)

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Primitive Man

1872 · Various charcoals, with touches of black chalk, stumping, wiping and erasing, heightened with touches of white and ocher gouache, on cream wove paper altered to a pale, golden tone

39.3 × 33.8 cm (15 1/2 × 13 5/16 in.)

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