La Tentation de Saint Antoine (The Temptation of Saint Anthony)
1938 (from blocks cut in 1896/1900)
Artist, French, 1840 - 1916
Author, French, 1821 - 1880
Wood-engraver, French, 1886 - 1961
Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939
Printer, French, 1858 - 1936
Printer, French
Odilon Redon, Georges Aubert after Redon, and Gustave Flaubert (author)
Artwork overview
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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
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Credit Line
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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 Number
2014.137.2.1-23
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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