Young Man (Jeune Homme)

1896-1900

Odilon Redon

Associated Names
Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

The image is an illustration showing a person's upper body from behind. The person is facing away from the viewer but slightly turned to the side, showing their facial profile. The face has soft features, and the hair is styled in a braid or twisted bun. The person appears unclothed, with bare shoulders and back visible, no visible accessories or objects. The background has abstract swirling lines and shapes, including a circular form suggesting movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and black ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.12 × 24.13 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.137.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wildenstein vol. 1, no. 221

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Kornfield and Klipstein, Bern, 13-15 June 1974, lot 1090); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York [1903-1990]; by inheritance to his daughter Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Odilon Redon: Ian Woodner Collection, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1985, no. 41.

1986

  • Odilon Redon, 1840-1916: Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Ian Woodner, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, 1986, pg. 109.

1988

  • Odilon Redon: The Woodner Collection, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 1988, no. 69.

1989

  • Odilon Redon, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1989, no. 198-f.

  • Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916): La colleció Ian Woodner, Fundación Juan March, Barcelona, 1989, no. 92.

1990

  • Odilon Redon: Colección Ian Woodner, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 1990, no. 100.

  • Odilon Redon: The Ian Woodner Family Collection, The Dixon Art Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1990, no. 93.

Bibliography

1985

  • Adams, Brooke. Odilon Redon: Ian Woodner Collection. Exh. cat. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1985: no. 41

1986

  • Huyghe, René. Odilon Redon, 1840 - 1916: Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, 1986, pg. 109.

1988

  • Gowing, Lawrence. Odilon Redon: The Woodner Collection. Exh. cat. The Phillips Collection, Washington, 1988: no. 69.

1989

  • Gowing, Lawrence. Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916): La colleció Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Fundación Juan March, Barcelona, 1989: no. 92.

  • Odilon Redon. Exh. cat. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1989: no. 198-f.

1990

  • Gowing, Lawrence. Odilon Redon: Colección Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 1990: no. 100.

  • Wildenstein, Daniel and Alec. Odilon Redon: The Ian Woodner Family Collection. Exh. cat. The Dixon Art Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1990: no. 93.

1992

  • Wildenstein, Alec. Odilon Redon, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné. 4 vols. Paris, 1992-98, vol. 1: no. 221.

Inscriptions

lower right in ink: Od. R

Watermarks

AL [encircled]

Wikidata ID

Q64618530

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