Artworks · Odilon Redon

The vague glimmer of a head suspended in space

1891 · Lithograph

sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (44.8 x 31.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the shadow of the wing, the black creature bit

1891 · Lithograph

sheet: 17 9/16 x 12 3/8 in. (44.6 x 31.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pilgrim from a sublunar world

1891 · Lithograph

sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in. (45 x 31.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Druidesse

1891 · Transfer lithograph

Image: 9 1/16 x 7 15/16 in. (23 x 20.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Day (Le Jour), from the series, Dreams (Songes), plate VI

1891 · Lithograph on chine collé; only state

image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (21 x 15.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Armor

1891 · Charcoal and conté crayon

20 x 14 1/2 in. (50.7 x 36.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pilgrim of the Sublunary World (Pèlerin du monde sublunaire) from Dreams (Songes)

1891 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 13/16 x 8 1/16" (27.5 x 20.4 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8" (45 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Precarious Glimmering, a Head Suspended in Infinity (Lueur précaire, une tête a l'infini suspendue) from Dreams (Songes)

1891 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 13/16 x 8 1/4" (27.4 x 20.9 cm); sheet: 17 9/16 x 12 3/8" (44.6 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Beneath the Wing of Shadow the Black Creature Was Biting Energetically (Sous l'aile d'ombre, l'être noir appliquait une active morsure) from Dreams (Songes)

1891 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 8 7/8 x 6 3/4" (22.5 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 17 9/16 x 12 3/8" (44.6 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

It Was a Veil, an Imprint (C'était un voile, une empreinte) from Dreams (Songes)

1891 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 7 3/8 x 5 3/8" (18.7 x 13.7 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 7/16" (44.8 x 31.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

And Beyond, the Astral Idol, the Apotheosis (Et là-bas l'idole astrale, l'apothéose) from Dreams (Songes)

1891 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 7/8 x 7 9/16" (27.7 x 19.2 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 1/2" (44.9 x 31.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dreams (Songes)

1891 · Portfolio of six lithographs on chine appliqué

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 17 5/8 x 12 1/2" (44.8 x 31.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Parsifal

1891 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2" (31.8 x 24.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 9/16 x 12 15/16" (42.1 x 32.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Day (Le Jour) from Dreams (Songes)

1891 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 8 1/4 x 6 1/8" (20.9 x 15.5 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 12 3/16" (43.6 x 30.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Druidess (Druidesse)

1891 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 9 1/8 × 7 7/8" (23.1 × 20 cm); sheet: 17 15/16 × 15 1/16" (45.6 × 38.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Female Saint and Thistle (La Sainte et chardon)

1891 · Lithograph on chine appliqué

composition: 11 1/4 x 8 3/16" (28.6 x 20.8 cm); sheet: 17 1/16 x 13 9/16" (43.3 x 34.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dream Polyp

1891 · Charcoal and chalk on colored paper

19 x 14" (48.3 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Chimera

1891 · Charcoal on paper

19 1/2 x 14" (49.5 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Passante (The Passerby)

1891 · Illustrated book with one etching and drypoint

plate: 3 11/16 × 2 3/16" (9.3 × 5.5 cm); page: 6 9/16 × 4 7/16" (16.7 × 11.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Armor

1891 · Charcoal and conté crayon

20 x 14 1/2 in. (50.7 x 36.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Door zwart haar omlijste kop met wijd opengespalkte ogen

1891 · paper

width: 198 cm, height: 307 cm

Rijksmuseum

Breton Village

1890 · oil on canvas

overall: 22.5 x 32.5 cm (8 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.) framed: 31.9 x 41.9 x 3.5 cm (12 9/16 x 16 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Yeux Clos (Closed Eyes)

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Sans cesse a mes cotes s'agite le demon (Ceaselessly by my side the demon stirs)

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Cul-de-Lampe

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Gloire et louange a toi, satan, dans les hauteurs du ciel ou tu regnas, et dans les profondeurs de l'enfer, ou vaincu, tu reves en silence! (Glory and praise to you, Satan, in the heights of heaven, where you reigned, and in thedepths of hell, where, vanquished, you dream in s ilence!)

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Si par une nuit lourde et sombre, un bon chretien, par charite, derriere quelque vieux decombre, enterre votre corps voute (If on a close dark night a good Christian, out of charity, behind some old ruin, buries your arched body)

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Volupte, Fantome Elastique! (Pleasure, elastic phantom!)

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Sur le fond de nos nuits dieu de son doigt savant dessine un cauchemar multiforme et sans treve (On backdrop of our nights God with His knowing finger traces a multiform implacable nightmare)

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Parfois on trouve un vieux flacon qui se souvient, d'ou jaillit toute vive une ame qui revient (Sometimes one finds an old reminiscing flask, whence issues in full life a returning soul)

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

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)

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Les Fleurs du Mal

1890 · portfolio with 9 lithographs

National Gallery of Art

Couverture - Frontispice

1890 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Goat

1890 · Graphite on cream wove card

5.4 × 4.9 cm (2 3/16 × 1 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Profile of Shadow

1890 · Various charcoals, with stumping, incising, erasing, and subtractive brushwork, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone

47.1 × 35.4 cm (18 9/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Closed Eyes

1890 · Lithograph in gray-green on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 31.2 × 24.2 cm (12 5/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.9 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yeux clos

1890 · Lithograph in gray-green on ivory wove paper

Image: 31.2 × 24.2 cm (12 5/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Sheet: 53 × 34.9 cm (20 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Closed Eyes

1890 · Lithograph in green on ivory wove paper

Image: 21.8 × 18.3 cm (8 5/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 53 × 37.3 cm (20 7/8 × 14 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les Yeux clos

1890 · oil paint

Image: 29.5 × 23 cm (11 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 33.4 × 25.9 cm (13 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pious Women

1890 · Black chalk and black pastel with black and brown charcoal, stumping and erasing, on ivory wove paper (discolored to cream)

52.7 × 37.4 cm (20 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch of Trees

1890 · Charcoal and black chalk with black pastel, stumping, scraping and erasing, and traces of brown charcoal(?), on ivory wove paper, discolored to cream

31.8 × 21.5 cm (12 9/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Glory and Praise to You, Satan, in the Heights of Heaven, Where You Reigned, and in the Depths of Hell, Where, Vanquished, You Dream in Silence!, plate 8 of 9

1890 · Photogravure made from an original drawing, in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 21 × 21.1 cm (8 5/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 31.4 cm (17 5/8 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ceaselessly by my side the demon stirs, plate 7 from Charles Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil

1890 · Photogravure made from an original drawing (Evely process), in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 25.6 × 20.7 cm (10 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 31.5 cm (17 5/8 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1890 · Photogravure made from an original drawing, in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 24.1 × 21.4 cm (9 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43.9 × 31.2 cm (17 5/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tailpiece, plate 9 of 9

1890 · Photogravure made from an original drawing, in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 21.1 × 14.7 cm (8 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 31.6 cm (17 5/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

If On a Close Dark Night a Good Christian, Out of Charity, Behind Some Old Ruin, Buries Your Arched Body, plate 4 of 9

1890 · Photogravure made from an original drawing, in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 26.6 × 21 cm (10 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 31.2 cm (17 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pleasure, Elastic Phantom!, plate 5 of 9

1890 · Photogravure made from original drawing, in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 21.9 × 15.3 cm (8 5/8 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet, approx: 44 × 31.5 cm (17 3/8 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Adore You as I Adore the Vault of the Night Sky, O Vessel of Sadness, O Tall Silent Woman, plate 2 of 9

1890 · Photogravure made from an original drawing, in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 28 × 20.9 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 31.4 cm (17 13/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago