Le Liseur (The reader)

1892

Odilon Redon

Associated Names
Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

The image shows a person seated in an armchair, leaning over a large open book on a table. The person has a prominent nose, a long beard, a bald head, and wears dark, simple clothing. The table has closed books and an object resembling a candle. The background features a window with square panes, casting intricate light patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.457

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mellerio 1913, no. 119

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1968

  • L'Incisione Europea dal XV al XX Secolo, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1968. no. 269, repro.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Reader.

Bibliography

1913

  • Mellerio, Andre. Odilon Redon. Paris: Societe pour l'Etude de la Gravure Francais, 1913. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1968.

Wikidata ID

Q65362997

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