Two Figures in a Landscape

1865

Odilon Redon

Associated Names
Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

The image shows a seascape with figures standing near the shore. The horizon divides the sea and sky, where birds are flying. The sky has cloudy formations in shades of black, gray, and white. The artwork conveys a sense of movement and atmosphere.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Céres, Paris, before 1954); André Ravsen, New Canaan, CT; (Michael Altman, New Fairfield, CT); (Marc de Montebello, NY); (David Schaff Fine Arts, Mendenhall, PA); purchased by William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, Dallas, TX, 1 Jan. 1994; bequest to NGA, 2019.

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Exhibition History

2014

  • Mind's Eye: Masterworks on Paper from David to Cézanne. Dallas Museum of Art, 2014, no 74 (color)(entry by Heather MacDonald).

Bibliography

1992

  • Wildenstein, Alec. Odilon Redon, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné. 4 vols. Paris, 1992-98, undescribed.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: ODILON REDON; lower right in graphite: 65; lower right verso in graphite: 21

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