Cain and Abel

1886

Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.9 x 12 cm (7 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 33 x 25.2 cm (13 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.57.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mellerio 1913, no. 18

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, New York); Mrs. Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased September 16, 1970; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

1913

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

Inscriptions

lower left: Odilon Redon; in later hand of Madame Redon: Cain & Abel; in unidentified later hand: (Mme Redon's writing) (bought direct from her). Etching -1886 - 20 proofs only Mellerio No. 18 each NNX / MXX; by later hand lower left verso: A16828

Wikidata ID

Q76349233

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