Master Art

Date:  1881
Period:  1850-1900, 19th century
Origin:  France
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Signature: Monogrammed lower left: Od. R

Dimensions: 52.6 x 37.5 cm (20³/₄ x 14³/₄ inches)
Provenance: Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Henri Petiet, Paris (acquired in 1940)
The Art Institute of chicago, 1950-1996 Private collection
Literature: A. Mellerio, Odilon Redon, Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur, Paris 1923, p. 142 illus.

I. Moskowitz, Great Drawings of All Time, vol. III, New York, 1962, no. 840, illus.

K. Berger, Odilon Redon, Phantasie und Farbe, Cologne, 1964, no. 673

A. Wildenstein, Odilon Redon, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, Portraits et Figures,
Wildenstein Institute, Paris, 1992, p. 185, no. 466 illus.

M. Kahn-Rossi, Catalogue d’Exposition Odilon Redon: The Nature of the Invisible, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland, 1996, p. 303, no. 45

Appollo Magazine, London, May 1997, p. 3 illus.

Odilon Redon, Entre Rêve et Mystère, Museum of Modern Art of Gunma, Japan, 2001, exhibition catalogue p. 35, no. 13 illus. and p. 137.
Exhibitions: Isetan Museum, Tokyo, Japan, march 1980, no. 49

Odilon Redon, the Nature of the Invisible, Lugano, Switzerland, 1996, no. 45

Odilon Redon, Entre Rêve et Mystère, Museum of Modern, 2001, travelling exhibition in Japan: Gunma, Yagamata, Tokyo & Hiroshima, illus. catalogue pp. 35 and 137, no. 13

Oeuvres sur Papier 1880-1980, Salon du Dessin, Paris, April 9-13, 2008
Oeuvres sur Papier 1880-1980, David & Associés, Paris, from April 15, 2008
Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints