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)
Attributed to
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
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