Artworks · Odilon Redon

The Sphinx: "...my gaze that nothing can deflect, passing through objects, remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "As for me, I am light and joyful," plate 5 from To Gustave Flaubert

1889 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 28.2 × 20.2 cm (11 1/8 × 8 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34.9 cm (17 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sphinx: "...my gaze that nothing can deflect, passing through objects, remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "As for me, I am light and joyful," plate 5 from To Gustave Flaubert

1889 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 28.2 × 20.2 cm (11 1/8 × 8 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 30.9 cm (17 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death: "My irony surpasses all others!", plate 3 of 6

1889 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 20 × 26 cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 50.5 cm (13 5/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Anthony: "Beneath her long hair, which covered her face, I thought I recognized Ammonaria", plate 1 of 6

1889 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 28.8 × 23.1 cm (11 3/8 × 9 1/8 in.); Sheet: 44.9 × 34.5 cm (17 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Long Chrysalis, the Color of Blood, plate 2 of 6

1889 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 21.9 × 18.4 cm (8 5/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 34.9 cm (17 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Long Chrysalis, the Color of Blood, plate 2 of 6

1889 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 26 × 19.5 cm (10 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 31.4 cm (17 5/8 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frontispiece from The Chimeras (Les Chimères)

1889 · Lithograph

composition: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4" (14 x 9.6 cm); sheet: 10 5/16 x 8 1/8" (26.2 x 20.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from El Moghreb-al-Aksa

1889 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 9 1/8 x 6 1/2" (23.1 x 16.5 cm); sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 15/16" (32.5 x 25.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

. . . A Long Chrysalis, the Color of Blood (. . . une longue chrysalide couleur de sang)

1889 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 8 9/16 x 7 7/16" (21.8 x 18.9 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 x 13 7/16" (43 x 34.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Captive Pegasus (Pégase captif)

1889 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 13 3/8 x 11 5/8" (34 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 20 x 15 13/16" (50.8 x 40.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

El Moghreb-al-Aksa

1889 · Illustrated book with one lithograph on chine appliqué

composition: 91/8 x 61/2" (23.2 x 16.5 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 10 1/16" (32.6 x 25.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Les Chimères

1889 · Illustrated book with one lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4" (14 x 9.6 cm); page: 10 7/16 x 8 1/8" (26.5 x 20.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Les Débâcles

1889 · Illustrated book with one lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 3 13/16 x 5 9/16" (9.7 x 14.1 cm); page: 10 1/16 x 7 5/16" (25.6 x 18.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Damnation de l'artiste

1889 · Illustrated book with one lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 7 7/16 × 4 13/16" (18.9 × 12.3 cm); page: 10 1/4 × 7 1/4" (26 × 18.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

C'est le Diable

1888 · lithograph on chine collé

image: 25.1 x 20 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 44.2 x 30.9 cm (17 3/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Des Esseintes

1888 · Lithograph on chine laid down on cream wove paper

Image: 14.9 × 9.6 cm (5 7/8 × 3 13/16 in.); Sheet: 28 × 37.4 cm (11 1/16 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Des Esseintes, Frontispiece for A Rebours by J.K. Huysmans

1888 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 12.8 × 9 cm (5 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 41.6 × 30.6 cm (16 7/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

And a Large Bird, Descending From the Sky, Hurls Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair, plate 3 of 10

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 19 × 16 cm (7 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 27.4 cm (14 3/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portfolio Cover for A Gustave Flaubert (Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Bi-fold portfolio cover with lithographed text, in black on green wove paper

56.9 × 39 cm (22 7/16 × 15 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death: "My Irony Surpasses All Others"

1888 · Transfer lithograph in black ink on thin ivory wove paper, laid down on heavyweight ivory wove plate paper (chine collé)

Image: 26.1 × 19.7 cm (10 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 45.2 cm (13 11/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

It is a Skull Wreathed in Roses...

1888 · Transfer lithograph on mounted ivory China paper

29.7 × 21.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Chimera with Green eyes Turns, Bays, plate 7 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1st series)

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 27.5 × 16 cm (10 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 43.9 × 31 cm (17 5/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Everywhere eyeballs are aflame, plate 9 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1st series)

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 20.5 × 15.9 cm (8 1/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 42.3 × 31.4 cm (16 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

And All Manner of Frightful Creatures Arise, plate 8 of 10

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 31.4 × 22.6 cm (12 3/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 31.4 cm (17 1/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

And a Large Bird, Descending From the Sky, Hurls Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair, plate 3 of 10

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 19 × 15.9 cm (7 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 31.1 cm (17 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

It is the Devil, Bearing Beneath his Two Wings the Seven Deadly Sins, plate 2 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1st series)

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 25.3 × 19.9 cm (10 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 31.2 cm (17 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Raises the Bronze Urn, plate 4 of 10

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 27.4 × 19.6 cm (10 13/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 31.5 cm (17 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1st series)

1888 · Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Image: 19.7 × 14 cm (7 13/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 27.2 cm (14 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First a pool of water, then a prostitute, the corner of a temple, a soldier's face, a chariot with two rearing white horses, plate 1 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1st series)

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 29 × 20.6 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 44.6 × 31.9 cm (17 9/16 × 12 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Little Prelate

1888 · Drypoint on cream laid paper

Plate: 11.6 × 9 cm (4 5/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 25.8 cm (13 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

And in the Very Disk of the Sun Lights the Face of Jesus Christ, plate 10 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1st series)

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Chine: 28.5 × 23 cm (11 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 31.6 cm (17 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Then There Appears a Singular Being, Having the Head of a Man On the Body of a Fish, plate 5 of 10

1888 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image/chine: 27.6 × 17.1 cm (10 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 31.4 cm (17 1/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover-Frontispiece for the Temptation of St. Anthony

1888 · Bi-fold portfolio cover with lithograph in black on blue-green wove paper

Image: 19.7 × 13.7 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 31.7 cm (17 11/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pegasus and Bellerophon

1888 · Charcoal, charcoal with water wash, white chalk, conté crayon, and highlighting by erasure on buff papier bleuté, darkened.

21 1/8 x 14 3/16 in. (53.7 x 36.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Anthony . . . Beneath Her Long Hair Which Covered Her Face, I Thought I Recognized Ammonaria (Sainte-Antoine . . . A travers ses longs cheveux qui lui couvrait la figure, j'ai cru reconnaître Ammonaria)

1888 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 11 1/4 x 9" (28.6 x 22.9 cm); sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 1/16" (54 x 35.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Then There Appears a Singular Being, Having the Head of a Man on a Body of a Fish (Ensuite parait un être singulier, ayant une tête d'homme sur un corps de poisson) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · One from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition: 10 11/16 x 6 11/16" (27.2 x 17 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8" (45 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cover/Frontispiece from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition (irreg.): 7 3/4 x 5 1/2" (19.7 x 14 cm); sheet (folded): 17 11/16 x 12 1/2" (44.9 x 31.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

. . . And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurled Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair . . . ( . . . Et un grand oiseau qui descend du ciel, vient s'abattre sur le sommet de sa chevelure . . . ) from The Tempation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph on chine appliqué from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition: 7 1/2 x 6 5/16" (19.1 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 7/16" (44.9 x 31.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Everywhere Eyeballs Are Ablaze (Partout des prunelles flamboient) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph on chine appliqué from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition: 8 x 6 3/16" (20.3 x 15.7 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 1/2" (45 x 31.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

He Raises the Bronze Urn (Il hausse le vase d'airan) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph on chine appliqué from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition: 10 3/4 x 7 11/16" (27.3 x 19.6 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 7/16" (44.9 x 31.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

It Is a Skull, Crowned with Roses. It Dominates a Woman's Pearly-White Torso (C'est une tête de mort, avec une couronne des roses. Elle domine un torse de femme d'une blancheur nacrée) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph on chine appliqué from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition: 11 11/16 x 8 7/16" (29.7 x 21.4 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 1/2" (44.8 x 31.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

. . . The Chimera with Green Eyes Turns, Bays (. . . La Chimère aux yeux verts tournoie, aboie) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph on chine appliqué from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition: 10 3/4 x 6 5/16" (27.3 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 3/8" (44.5 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

And All Manner of Frightful Creatures Arise (Et toutes sortes de bêtes effroyables surgissent) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph on chine appliqué from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition: 12 3/8 x 9 1/16" (31.4 x 23 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 1/2" (44.8 x 31.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

....First a Pool of Water, Then a Prostitute, the Corner of a Temple, a Soldier's Face, a Chariot with Two White Rearing Horses (....D'abord une flaque d'eau, ensuite une prostituée, le coin d'un temple, une figure de soldat, un char avec deux chevaux blancs qui se cabrent) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph on chine appliqué from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 20.9 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 7/16" (44.7 x 31.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine) (first series)

1888 · Portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 17 11/16 x 12 1/2" (44.9 x 31.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

It Is the Devil, Bearing beneath His Two Wings the Seven Deadly Sins (C'est le diable, portant sous ses deux ailes les sept péchés capitaux) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph on chine appliqué from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition: 10 x 7 15/16" (25.4 x 20.1 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 5/16" (44.8 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

. . . And in the Very Disk of the Sun Shines the Face of Jesus Christ (. . . Et dans le disque même du soleil rayonne la face de Jésus-Christ) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1888 · Lithograph on chine appliqué from a portfolio of 11 lithographs (including cover, ten on chine appliqué)

composition (irreg.): 11 x 9" (27.9 x 22.8 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 5/16" (44.8 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Little Prelate (Petit prélat)

1888 · Drypoint

plate: 4 9/16 × 3 9/16" (11.6 × 9 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 15/16" (28.6 × 22.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art