La Tentation de Saint Antoine (The Temptation of Saint Anthony)

1938 (from blocks cut in 1896/1900)

Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

Gustave Flaubert

Author, French, 1821 - 1880

Georges Aubert

Wood-engraver, French, 1886 - 1961

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1867 - 1939

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

Henri Jourde

Printer, French

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    unbound volume with letterpress text and a suite of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué designed in 1896 and 15 in-text wood engravings by Georges Aubert after Redon, from blocks cut in 1896/1900, all on wove Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    book: 45.09 × 34.54 × 7.3 cm (17 3/4 × 13 5/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
    sheet (each approximately): 43.5 × 32.8 cm (17 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.137.2.1-23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mellerio 1913, nos. 135-157

Associated Artworks

See all 23 artworks

L'Intelligence Fut A Moi! Je Devins Le Buddha

Odilon Redon, Gustave Flaubert, Georges Aubert

1896

Saint-Antoine: Au Secours Mon Dieu!

Odilon Redon, Gustave Flaubert, Georges Aubert

1896

Antoine: Quel Est Le But de Tout Cela? ...

Odilon Redon, Gustave Flaubert, Georges Aubert

1896


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1913

  • Mellerio, Andre. Odilon Redon. Paris: Societe pour l'Etude de la Gravure Francais, 1913. Reprint. New York, 1968: nos. 135-157.

Inscriptions

inside upper cover in blue pen by later hand: WRCP-5


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