Artworks · Odilon Redon

Death: It is I Who Make You Serious; Let Us Embrace Each Other, plate 20 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 30.2 × 21.2 cm (11 15/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Chine: 30.3 × 21.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.6 cm (17 13/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

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Anthony: "What is the object of all this?" The Devil: "There is no object!", plate 18 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 31 × 25.6 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Chine: 31.1 × 25.5 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.9 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 27.8 × 21.2 cm (11 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.4 cm (17 7/8 × 13 9/16 in.)

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The Old Woman: What Are You Afraid Of? A Wide Black Hole! It is Empty Perhaps?", plate 19 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.3 × 10.7 cm (6 7/16 × 4 1/4 in.); Chine: 16.2 × 10.9 cm (6 7/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 51.9 × 34.9 cm (20 7/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Death: "It is I who make you serious; let us embrace each other", plate 20 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 23.4 × 21.4 cm (9 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 35 cm (17 13/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

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Anthony: "What is the object of all this?" The Devil: "There is no object!", plate 18 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 30.8 × 25 cm (12 3/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Chine: 31 × 25 cm (12 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 51.3 × 34.8 cm (20 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

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He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray loose chine

Image: 27.9 × 21.4 cm (11 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

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Here is the Good Goddess, the Idaean Mother of the Mountains, plate 15 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on heavy ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 14.9 × 13 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31 × 22.4 cm (12 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, mounting: 52.5 × 34.6 cm (20 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

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I am Still the Great Isis! Nobody Has Ever Yet Lifted My Veil!, plate 16 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 28.1 × 20.4 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.9 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

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He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 27.5 × 21.2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.); Chine: 27.7 × 21.2 cm (10 15/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.7 cm (17 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

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I am Still the Great Isis! Nobody Has Ever Yet Lifted My Veil! My Offspring is the Sun!, plate 16 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 28.1 × 20.4 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.9 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Oannes: "I, the first consciousness in Chaos, rose from the abyss to harden matter, to determine forms," plate 14 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (3rd series)

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image, overlaps chine: 27.8 × 21.7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 36 cm (17 13/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

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Here is the Good Goddess, the Idaean Mother of the Mountains, plate 15 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 15 × 13 cm (5 15/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 45.4 × 34.9 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Oannes: "I, the first consciousness in Chaos, rose from the abyss to harden matter, to determine forms," plate 14 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (3rd series)

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 27.8 × 21.7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.); Chine: 27.9 × 21.8 cm (11 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.9 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Great Buddha!, plate 12 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on yellow-cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 31.2 × 21.3 cm (12 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Chine: 31.3 × 21.9 cm (12 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.7 cm (17 7/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

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Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Buddha, plate 12 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 31.6 × 21.9 cm (12 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 56.9 × 40 cm (22 7/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

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Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Buddha, plate 12 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on thin ivory wove paper

Sheet: 31.5 × 21.5 cm (12 7/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

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Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Buddha, plate 12 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 31.4 × 21.6 cm (12 3/8 × 8 9/16 in.); Chine: 31.6 × 22 cm (12 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.9 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Frontispiece for Le mouvement idéaliste en peinture (The Idealistic Movement in Painting) by André Mellerio

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 8.2 × 8.6 cm (3 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.); Chine: 13.7 × 17.5 cm (5 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 31.3 × 44.5 cm (12 3/8 × 17 9/16 in.)

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The Width and Flatness of [the] Frontal [Bone], plate 6 of 6

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 14.1 × 9.5 cm (5 9/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Chine: 22.6 × 16.9 cm (8 15/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Sheet: 38.4 × 27.9 cm (15 1/8 × 11 in.)

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Larvae So Bloodless and So Hideous, plate 5 of 6

1896 · Lithograph on ivory chine laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 17.8 × 16.9 cm (7 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Sheet: 43.7 × 31.5 cm (17 1/4 × 12 7/16 in.)

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It Was a Hand, Seemingly as Much of Flesh and Blood as My Own, plate 4 of 6

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 24.5 × 17.8 cm (9 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 44.4 × 31.2 cm (17 1/2 × 12 5/16 in.)

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Larvae So Bloodless and So Hideous, plate 5 of 6

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 18 × 17.1 cm (7 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Sheet: 42.9 × 31.2 cm (16 15/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

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The Width and Flatness of [the] Frontal [Bone], plate 6 of 6

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 14.1 × 9.5 cm (5 9/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Chine: 22.7 × 15.3 cm (8 15/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 31.2 cm (17 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

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It Was a Hand, Seemingly as Much of Flesh and Blood as My Own, plate 4 of 6

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 24.5 × 17.8 cm (9 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 43.8 × 31.3 cm (17 1/4 × 12 3/8 in.)

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He [The Narrator's Dog] Kept His Eyes Fixed on Me With a Look So Strange, plate 3 of 6

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Chine: 22.7 × 15.3 cm (8 15/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 42.9 × 31.6 cm (16 15/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

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I Continued to Gaze on the Chair, and Fancied I saw on It a Pale Blue Misty Outline of a Human Figure, plate 1 of 6

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 25.2 × 18 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 44.9 × 31.1 cm (17 11/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

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Title plate for La Maison Hantée

1896 · Lithograph in black on off-white chine

44.6 × 31.8 cm (17 9/16 × 12 9/16 in.)

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He [The Narrator's Dog] Kept His Eyes Fixed on Me With a Look So Strange, plate 3 of 6

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Chine: 22.8 × 15.3 cm (9 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 42.3 × 31.6 cm (16 11/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

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

1896 · Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 22.9 × 17 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43.1 × 31.4 cm (17 × 12 3/8 in.)

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Old Knight

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 29.8 × 23.6 cm (11 3/4 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.9 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Frontispiece for Le mouvement idéaliste en peinture (The Idealist Movement in Painting) by André Mellerio

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream Japanese paper

Image: 8.2 × 8.6 cm (3 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.); Sheet: 16.2 × 22.8 cm (6 7/16 × 9 in.)

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Frontispiece for Le mouvement idéaliste en peinture (The Idealist Movement in Painting) by André Mellerio

1896 · Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on cream wove paper

Image: 8 × 8.7 cm (3 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Chine: 13.8 × 17.5 cm (5 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 31.4 × 45.2 cm (12 3/8 × 17 13/16 in.)

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I Continued to Gaze on the Chair, and Fancied I Saw on It a Pale Blue Misty Outline of a Human Figure, plate 1 of 6

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 25.2 × 18 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 31.3 cm (17 9/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

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Old Knight

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 29.6 × 23.5 cm (11 11/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 53.2 × 34.9 cm (21 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Helen - Ennoia, plate 10 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in gray-green on heavy ivory wove paper

Image: 9.3 × 8.3 cm (3 11/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 26.1 × 17.8 cm (10 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

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Helen - Ennoia, plate 10 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image, irregular: 9.3 × 8.3 cm (3 11/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Chine: 9.3 × 8.4 cm (3 11/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.7 cm (17 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

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Immediately Three Goddesses Arise, plate 11 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 17 × 13.3 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Chine: 21.8 × 16.6 cm (8 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.7 cm (17 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

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She Draws From Her Bosom a Sponge, Perfectly Black, and Covers it With Kisses, plate 8 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 19.4 × 15.5 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.5 cm (17 7/8 × 13 5/8 in.)

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I Plunged into Solitude. I Dwelt in the Tree behind Me, plate 9 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 29.9 × 22.6 cm (11 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.9 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Helen - Ennoia, plate 10 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 9.8 × 8.4 cm (3 7/8 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34.7 cm (17 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.)

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I Plunged into Solitude. I Dwelt in the Tree behind Me, plate 9 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.7 cm (11 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Chine: 30.1 × 22.5 cm (11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 52 × 34.8 cm (20 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)

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She Draws From Her Bosom a Sponge, Perfectly Black, and Covers it With Kisses, plate 8 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 19.3 × 15.6 cm (7 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Chine, irregular: 19.8 × 15.7 cm (7 13/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.5 cm (17 13/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

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And He Discerns an Arid, Knoll-Covered Plain, plate 7 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 24.8 × 19.8 cm (9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.8 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

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And He Discerns an Arid, Knoll-Covered Plain, plate 7 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 26.3 × 21.5 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34.6 cm (17 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

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She Draws From Her Bosom a Sponge, Perfectly Black, and Covers it With Kisses, plate 8 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 19.2 × 15.6 cm (7 9/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Chine: 19.7 × 15.6 cm (7 13/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 36 cm (17 3/4 × 14 3/16 in.)

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She Draws From Her Bosom a Sponge, Perfectly Black, and Covers it With Kisses, plate 8 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray loose chine

Image: 19.4 × 15.5 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 22 × 18.2 cm (8 11/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

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Flowers Fall and the Head of a Python Appears, plate 5 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 26.1 × 19.8 cm (10 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.8 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

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