Artworks · Odilon Redon

The Priestesses Were Waiting, from Night

1886 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper collé, laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 28.6 × 21.2 cm (11 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 44 × 30.5 cm (17 3/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Brunnhilde

1886 · Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Image: 11.8 × 9.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 15.8 cm (9 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Profile of Light

1886 · Lithograph on paper

30.4 × 24.2 cm (12 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Chimera Gazed at all Things with Fear, from Night

1886 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper collé, laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 24.9 × 18.4 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 31.2 cm (17 13/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Profile of Light

1886 · Lithograph in black on light gray chine

Image: 33.9 × 24.1 cm (13 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 44.6 × 27.4 cm (17 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Lost Angel Then Opened Black Wings, from Night

1886 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper collé, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 25.6 × 21.4 cm (10 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Chine: 25.9 × 21.6 cm (10 1/4 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 31.5 cm (17 9/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cain and Abel

1886 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Plate: 18.4 × 12 cm (7 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 21.4 cm (13 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adverse Glory

1886 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 9 × 4.5 cm (3 9/16 × 1 13/16 in.); Plate: 12.2 × 6 cm (4 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Sheet: 35.3 × 24.5 cm (13 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cain and Abel

1886 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Plate: 18.5 × 12.1 cm (7 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 21.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cain and Abel

1886 · Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper

Plate: 18.5 × 12.1 cm (7 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 33 × 22.5 cm (13 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adverse Glory

1886 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 9 × 4.5 cm (3 9/16 × 1 13/16 in.); Plate: 12.2 × 6 cm (4 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Sheet: 35.3 × 24.5 cm (13 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cain and Abel

1886 · Etching

sheet: 16 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (41 x 26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Lost Angel Then Opened Black Wings (L'Ange perdu ouvrit alors des ailes noires)

1886 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 10 1/8 x 8 3/8" (25.7 x 21.3 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 3/8" (41 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Priestesses Were Waiting (Les Prêtresses furent en attente)

1886 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 11 5/16 x 8 3/8" (28.7 x 21.2 cm); sheet: 16 1/4 x 12 3/8" (41.3 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Chimera Regarded All Things with Terror (La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses)

1886 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 9 13/16 x 7 1/4" (24.9 x 18.4 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 5/16" (40.9 x 31.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Man Was Alone in a Night Landscape (L'Homme fut solitaire dans un paysage de nuit)

1886 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 11 1/2 x 8 5/8" (29.2 x 21.9 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 x 12 3/8" (40.3 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

And the Searcher Was Engaged in an Infinite Search (Et le chercheur était à la recherche infinie)

1886 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 10 7/8 x 7 3/16" (27.7 x 18.3 cm); sheet: 17 13/16 x 12 3/8" (45.2 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Profile of Light (Profil de Lumière)

1886 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 13 7/16 x 9 7/16" (34.1 x 24 cm); sheet: 15 13/16 x 10 15/16" (40.2 x 27.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cain and Abel (Caïn et Abel)

1886 · Etching and drypoint

plate: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4" (18.4 x 12.1 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 1/8" (40.3 x 28.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Evil Glory (Mauvaise gloire)

1886 · Etching and drypoint

plate: 4 3/4 × 2 3/8" (12 × 6 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 7/8" (26.7 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Through the Crack a Death's-Head Was Projected

1886 · Charcoal and chalk on paper

17 x 12" (43.2 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Dream Finished by Death

1886 · Charcoal and chalk on paper on board

19 3/4 x 13 1/2" (50.2 x 34.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Egg

1885 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 28.9 × 22.4 cm (11 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43.8 × 31.4 cm (17 1/4 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Strange Juggler, plate 5 from Homage to Goya

1885 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 20 × 19 cm (7 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45 × 31.3 cm (17 3/4 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Egg

1885 · Lithograph on paper

29 × 22.5 cm (11 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Upon Awakening I Saw the Goddess of the Intelligible With Her Severe and Hard Profile, plate 6 of 6

1885 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Chine: 27 × 21.5 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 31.5 cm (17 15/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Madman in a Dismal Landscape, plate 3 of 6

1885 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Chine: 22.3 × 19.3 cm (8 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 31.6 cm (17 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Face of Mystery (In my dream I saw in the Sky a FACE OF MYSTERY), plate 1 from Homage to Goya

1885 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 29 × 23.9 cm (11 7/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 31.3 cm (17 7/8 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

There Were Also Embryonic Beings, plate 4 of 6

1885 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 24.1 × 19.7 cm (9 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 31.5 cm (17 15/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Strange Juggler, plate 5

1885 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 19.9 × 19 cm (7 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 44 × 30.5 cm (17 3/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head, plate 2 of 6

1885 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 27.2 × 20.2 cm (10 3/4 × 8 in.); Sheet: 44.1 × 30.6 cm (17 3/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Madman in a Dismal Landscape (Un Fou dans un morne paysage) from Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya)

1885 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs with chine appliqué

composition: 8 7/8 x 7 11/16" (22.5 x 19.5 cm); sheet: 17 3/4 x 12 5/16" (45.1 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head (La Fleur du marécage, une tête humaine et triste) from Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya)

1885 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs with chine appliqué

composition: 10 3/4 x 8 1/16" (27.3 x 20.4 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8" (44.9 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In My Dream, I Saw in the Sky a Face of Mystery (Dans mon rêve, je vis au ciel un visage de mystère) from Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya)

1885 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs with chine appliqué

composition: 11 7/16 x 9 7/16" (29 x 23.9 cm); sheet: 17 3/4 x 12 5/16" (45.1 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Strange Juggler (Un Étrange jongleur) from Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya)

1885 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs with chine appliqué

composition: 7 13/16 x 7 1/2" (19.8 x 19 cm); sheet: 17 3/4 x 12 5/16" (45.1 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Upon Waking, I Saw the Goddess of the Intelligible, with Her Severe and Hard Profile (Au réveil, j'aperçus la déesse de l'intelligible au profil sévère et dur) from Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya)

1885 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs with chine appliqué

composition (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 1/4" (44.7 x 31.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

There Were Also Embryonic Beings (Il y eut aussi des êtres embryonnaires) from Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya)

1885 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs with chine appliqué

composition: 9 7/16 x 7 7/8" (24 x 20 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 5/16" (45 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Homage to Goya (Hommage à Goya)

1885 · Portfolio of six lithographs with chine appliqué

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 17 11/16 × 12 5/16" (45 × 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Egg (L'Œuf)

1885 · Lithograph with chine appliqué

composition: 11 9/16 x 8 7/8" (29.3 x 22.6 cm); sheet: 16 1/4 x 10 7/8" (41.3 x 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Symbolic Head

1885 · oil on paper mounted on canvas

Framed: 69 x 54.5 x 7.5 cm (27 3/16 x 21 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 53.3 x 38 cm (21 x 14 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Ari Redon

1884 · Pastel on pale blue wove paper faded to gray

44.8 × 30.8 cm (17 11/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Et l'homme parut, interrogeant le sol d'ou il sort et qui l'attire, il se fraya la voie vers (And Man appeared; questioning theearth from which he emerged and which attracts hi m, he made his way toward somber brightness)

1883 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

L'Aile impuissante n'eleva point la bete en ces noirs espaces (The impotent wing did not lift the animal into that black space

1883 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Il y eut des luttes et des vaines victoires (There were struggles and vain victories)

1883 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

La sirene sortit des flots vetue de dards (The Siren clothed in barbs, emerged from the waves

1883 · lithograph

image: 30.1 x 23.5 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.) sheet: 55 x 35.8 cm (21 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le Satyre au cynique sourire (The Satyr with the cynical smile)

1883 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Quand s'eveillait la Vie au Fon de la matiere obscure (When life was awakening in the depths of obscure matter)

1883 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Il y eut peut-etre une vision premiere essayee dans la fleur (There was perhaps a first vision attempted in the flower)

1883 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art