Centaur visant les Nues (Centaur aiming at the Clouds)

1895

Odilon Redon

Associated Names
Odilon Redon

Artist, French, 1840 - 1916

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

The image shows a centaur archer on a rocky outcrop. The centaur, a mythical creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse, stands on its hind legs. The centaur is aiming a bow and arrow skywards, with the bow extended tautly. The centaur's body is muscular, standing on a rocky outcrop with a sparse background. The drawing employs shades and lines to convey form and tension, with shadows adding depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on chine appliqué

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.6 x 24.7 cm (12 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 59.8 x 42.8 cm (23 9/16 x 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.117

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mellerio 1913, no. 133, State proof before letters

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1990

  • The Enchanted Stone: The Graphic Worlds of Odilon Redon, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1990, no. 36.

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: 36.

Wikidata ID

Q65363117

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