La Sulamite (The Shulamite)

1897

Odilon Redon

Associated Names
Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

The image features an incomplete depiction of a person, primarily focusing on the head and shoulders. The person is in a resting position with their head inclined to one side, eyes closed. Their facial features are delicately rendered with closed eyes, a straight nose, and closed lips. The hair is styled with gentle waves, appearing to be pulled back. The area where the person's garments would be is abstract and stylized with yellow and black lines forming patterns. The surrounding background is mostly a blank canvas, with light, blurred shading and yellow hatch marks.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black and yellow on chine volant (chine volant refers to a sheet of free-floating china paper that has not been bonded to a heavier support, as in chine appliqué)

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.1 x 31.5 cm (12 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.156

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mellerio 1913, no. 167

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R. Hartshorne (Lugt 2215b)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, circulated by the American Federation of Arts to 11 venues (California Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI; The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; Museum of Art at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN; and Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN), 1950-1952, no cat.

1959

  • The Great Century: France 1800-1900, The University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN, 1959.

1990

  • The Enchanted Stone: The Graphic Worlds of Odilon Redon, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1990, no. 100.

Bibliography

1913

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

1990

  • Gott, Ted. The Enchanted Stone: The Graphic Worlds of Odilon Redon. Melbourne, 1990: 100.

Inscriptions

lower right in black chalk: Od.R

Wikidata ID

Q65081584

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