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, 1866 - 1939

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

Henri Jourde

Printer, French

Odilon Redon, Georges Aubert after Redon, and Gustave Flaubert (author)

Attributed to

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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 Number

    2014.137.2.1-23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mellerio 1913, nos. 135-157

Associated Artworks

See all 23 artworks

Saint-Antoine: Au Secours Mon Dieu!

Odilon Redon, Gustave Flaubert, Georges Aubert

1896

Et Partout ce Sont des Colonnes de Basalte,... La Lumière Tombe des Voutes

Odilon Redon, Gustave Flaubert, Georges Aubert

1896

Mes Baisers ont le Gout d'un Fruit Qui Se Fondrait Dans Ton Coeur!...

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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