Saint-Antoine: Il doit y avoir quelque part des figures primordiales dont les corps ne sont que les images (Saint Anthony: "Somewhere there must be primordial shapes whose bodiesare only images")

1889

Odilon Redon

Associated Names
Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

The image features a complex pattern of lines and shapes creating an abstract design, with a central eye-like shape and jagged lines suggesting the form of a creature's head. Bold, dark strokes above the eye shape add texture to the area, resembling hair or fur spreading out in various directions. The abstract composition evokes the image of an animal's eye, possibly that of a fish or reptile, hinting at a mythical or fantastical creature hidden in the shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7382

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mellerio 1913, no. 98


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1913

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


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