Artworks · Odilon Redon

Child's Head With Flowers

1897 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 25 × 21.1 cm (9 7/8 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.8 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Béatrice

1897 · Lithograph in yellow, green, and blue on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 33.6 × 29.6 cm (13 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.); Sheet: 53.5 × 43 cm (21 1/8 × 16 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Shulamite

1897 · Lithograph printed in black and yellow on buff Japanese paper

Image: 24.4 × 19.3 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.); Sheet: 32.1 × 22 cm (12 11/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Béatrice

1897 · Lithograph on chine appliqué

composition: 13 1/16 x 11 5/8" (33.2 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 22 3/16 x 16 15/16" (56.4 x 43 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Child's Head with Flowers (Tête d'enfant avec fleurs)

1897 · Lithograph

composition: 9 15/16 x 8 3/8" (25.2 x 21.2 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 x 14" (43.9 x 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Devil (Le Diable)

1896 · brush and black ink on laid paper

sheet: 31.91 × 24.13 cm (12 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Apollonius

1896 · brush and black ink on buff wove paper

sheet: 24.45 × 28.89 cm (9 5/8 × 11 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Shadow (L'Ombre)

1896 · brush and black ink on laid paper

sheet: 31.12 × 23.81 cm (12 1/4 × 9 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Saint Anthony and the Two Temptresses (Saint Antoine et deux Tentatrices)

1896 · brush and black ink on laid paper

sheet: 23.81 × 28.89 cm (9 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Queen of Sheba (La Reine de Saba)

1896 · brush and black ink on laid paper

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

National Gallery of Art

Young Man (Jeune Homme)

1896 · brush and black ink on laid paper

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

National Gallery of Art

The Dog

1896 · lithograph in brown and black

image: 22.7 x 15.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in.) sheet: 44.8 x 31.8 cm (17 5/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Vieille: Que Crains-tu? Un large trou Noir! Il est vide peut-etre? (What are you afraid of? A wide black hole! It is empty, perhaps!)

1896 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Elle tire de sa poitrine une eponge toute noire, la couvre de baisers (She draws from her bosom a sponge, perfectly black, and covers it with kisses)

1896 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Vieux Chevalier (Old Knight)

1896 · lithograph on chine collé

National Gallery of Art

Et que des yeux sans tete flottaient comme des mollusques, plate XIII of Tentation de St. Antoine

1896 · Lithograph in black on pinkish-cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 31.1 × 22.5 cm (12 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.9 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

And that Eyes without Heads Were Floating Like Mollusks, plate 13 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 31.1 × 22.6 cm (12 1/4 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 52.6 × 34.9 cm (20 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Immediately Three Goddesses Arise, plate 11 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 17 × 13.3 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Chine: 22.6 × 16.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 35 cm (17 13/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Day Appears at Last,...and in the Very Disk of the Sun Shines the Face of Jesus Christ, plate 24 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 26.8 × 16.1 cm (10 9/16 × 6 3/8 in.); Chine: 27.7 × 20 cm (10 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.8 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Day Appears at Last,...and in the Very Disk of the Sun Shines the Face of Jesus Christ, plate 24 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on cream wove paper

Image: 26.5 × 16.2 cm (10 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Chine: 29.9 × 19.9 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.4 × 35 cm (17 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Day Appears at Last,...and in the Very Disk of the Sun Shines the Face of Jesus Christ, plate 24 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 26.5 × 16.2 cm (10 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Chine: 29.1 × 19.9 cm (11 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 52 × 34.3 cm (20 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Different Peoples Inhabit the Countries of the Ocean, plate 23 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black with retouching in India ink on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 30.8 × 23 cm (12 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Chine: 31 × 23.4 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45.8 × 34.9 cm (18 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed to Be Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 26.5 × 18.4 cm (10 7/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.9 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Beasts of the Sea, Round Like Leather Bottles, plate 22 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 26.1 × 19.4 cm (10 5/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34.5 cm (17 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Beasts of the Sea, Round Like Leather Bottles, plate 22 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 26.1 × 19.4 cm (10 5/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 34.9 cm (17 15/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Beasts of the Sea, Round Like Leather Bottles, plate 22 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 22.4 × 19.4 cm (8 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.7 cm (17 7/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Different Peoples Inhabit the Countries of the Ocean, plate 23 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 31 × 23.1 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/8 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 34.5 cm (17 13/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 26.5 × 18.4 cm (10 7/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45.4 × 35.1 cm (17 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Woman: "What are you afraid of? A wide black hole! It is empty, perhaps?", plate 19 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light-gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.2 × 10.7 cm (6 7/16 × 4 1/4 in.); Chine: 16.1 × 10.6 cm (6 3/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.7 cm (17 7/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray loose chine

Image: 27 × 20.5 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 37.3 × 27.4 cm (14 11/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black and green from same stone on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 26.6 × 18.2 cm (10 1/2 × 7 3/16 in.); Chine: 26.6 × 18.4 cm (10 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 35.2 cm (17 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death: It is I Who Make You Serious; Let Us Embrace Each Other, plate 20 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 30.2 × 21.2 cm (11 15/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Chine: 30.3 × 21.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.6 cm (17 13/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Anthony: "What is the object of all this?" The Devil: "There is no object!", plate 18 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 31 × 25.6 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Chine: 31.1 × 25.5 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.9 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 27.8 × 21.2 cm (11 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.4 cm (17 7/8 × 13 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Woman: What Are You Afraid Of? A Wide Black Hole! It is Empty Perhaps?", plate 19 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.3 × 10.7 cm (6 7/16 × 4 1/4 in.); Chine: 16.2 × 10.9 cm (6 7/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 51.9 × 34.9 cm (20 7/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Death: "It is I who make you serious; let us embrace each other", plate 20 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 23.4 × 21.4 cm (9 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 35 cm (17 13/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Anthony: "What is the object of all this?" The Devil: "There is no object!", plate 18 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 30.8 × 25 cm (12 3/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Chine: 31 × 25 cm (12 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 51.3 × 34.8 cm (20 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray loose chine

Image: 27.9 × 21.4 cm (11 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Here is the Good Goddess, the Idaean Mother of the Mountains, plate 15 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on heavy ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 14.9 × 13 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31 × 22.4 cm (12 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, mounting: 52.5 × 34.6 cm (20 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

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I am Still the Great Isis! Nobody Has Ever Yet Lifted My Veil!, plate 16 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 28.1 × 20.4 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.9 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 27.5 × 21.2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.); Chine: 27.7 × 21.2 cm (10 15/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.7 cm (17 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

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I am Still the Great Isis! Nobody Has Ever Yet Lifted My Veil! My Offspring is the Sun!, plate 16 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 28.1 × 20.4 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.9 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oannes: "I, the first consciousness in Chaos, rose from the abyss to harden matter, to determine forms," plate 14 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (3rd series)

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image, overlaps chine: 27.8 × 21.7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 36 cm (17 13/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Here is the Good Goddess, the Idaean Mother of the Mountains, plate 15 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 15 × 13 cm (5 15/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 45.4 × 34.9 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oannes: "I, the first consciousness in Chaos, rose from the abyss to harden matter, to determine forms," plate 14 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (3rd series)

1896 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 27.8 × 21.7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.); Chine: 27.9 × 21.8 cm (11 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.9 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Great Buddha!, plate 12 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on yellow-cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 31.2 × 21.3 cm (12 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Chine: 31.3 × 21.9 cm (12 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.7 cm (17 7/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

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Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Buddha, plate 12 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 31.6 × 21.9 cm (12 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 56.9 × 40 cm (22 7/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Buddha, plate 12 of 24

1896 · Lithograph in black on thin ivory wove paper

Sheet: 31.5 × 21.5 cm (12 7/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago