Artworks · Odilon Redon

Flowers Fall and the Head of a Python Appears, plate 5 of 24

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

Image: 25.9 × 19.8 cm (10 1/4 × 7 13/16 in.); Chine: 26.3 × 19.9 cm (10 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34.6 cm (17 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Shadow Are People, Weeping and Praying, Surrounded by Others Who Are Exhorting Them, plate 6 of 24

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

Image/chine: 26.3 × 21.5 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34.6 cm (17 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Shadow Are People, Weeping and Praying, Surrounded by Others Who Are Exhorting Them, plate 6 of 24

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

Image/chine: 26.3 × 21.5 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34.6 cm (17 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

My Kisses Have the Taste of Fruit Which Would Melt in Your Heart!, plate 4 of 24

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

Chine: 20 × 16.3 cm (7 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.7 cm (17 7/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

And On Every Side Are Columns of Basalt,...the Light Falls From the Vaulted Roof, plate 3 of 24

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

Image, overlaps chine: 24.2 × 18.9 cm (9 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 34.7 cm (17 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

My Kisses Have the Taste of Fruit Which Would Melt in Your Heart!...You Disdain Me! Farewell!, plate 4 of 24

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

Image/chine: 20.3 × 16.5 cm (8 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45 × 34.6 cm (17 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

And On Every Side Are Columns of Basalt,...the Light Falls From the Vaulted Roof, plate 3 of 24

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

Image/chine, irregular: 24.3 × 19.2 cm (9 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 52.7 × 34.7 cm (20 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Anthony: "Help Me, O My God!", plate 2 of 24

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

Image/chine: 21.7 × 13.2 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 34.7 cm (17 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Anthony: "Help Me, O My God!", plate 2 of 24

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

Image: 21.4 × 13 cm (8 7/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Chine: 21.5 × 13.1 cm (8 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 34.7 cm (17 1/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St. Anthony: "Help me, O my God!", plate 2 of 24

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

Image/chine: 21.6 × 13.2 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 57.1 × 40.4 cm (22 1/2 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frontispiece/Title Plate for the Tentation de St. Antoine

1896 · Lithograph printed in orange on cream Japanese paper

Image: 24 × 16.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 35 cm (17 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frontispiece/Title Plate for the Tentation de St. Antoine

1896 · Lithograph printed in green on buff Japanese paper

Image: 24 × 16.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 52.9 × 35 cm (20 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frontispiece/Title Plate for the Tentation de St. Antoine

1896 · Lithograph printed in violet ink on buff Japanese paper

Image: 24 × 16.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 35 cm (17 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The breadth and flatness of the frontal bone

1896 · Lithograph

sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in. (45 x 31.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hideous Larvae

1896 · Lithograph

sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 5/16 in. (45 x 31.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Below, I saw the vaporous contours of a human form

1896 · Lithograph

sheet: 17 9/16 x 12 3/8 in. (44.6 x 31.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

I saw a flash of light, large and pale

1896 · Lithograph

sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (44.8 x 31.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

To all appearances, it was a hand of flesh and blood just like my own

1896 · Lithograph

sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in. (44.9 x 31.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

He fixed his eyes on me with an expression that was so strange

1896 · Lithograph

sheet: 17 9/16 x 12 7/16 in. (44.6 x 31.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Old Knight

1896 · Lithograph on chine collé

Image: 11 13/16 x 9 1/4 in. (30 x 23.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Intelligence Was Mine! I Became the Buddha (L'Intelligence fût à moi! Je devins le Buddha) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 12 5/16 x 8 7/16" (31.2 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 20 11/16 x 15 5/8" (52.6 x 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

And on Every Side Are Columns of Basalt, . . . the Light Falls from the Vaulted Roof (Et partout ce sont des colonnes de basalte, . . . la lumière tombe des voûtes) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 9 1/2 x 7 7/16" (24.2 x 18.9 cm); sheet: 20 5/8 x 15 7/8" (52.4 x 40.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

She Draws from Her Bosom a Sponge, Perfectly Black, and Covers It with Kisses (Elle tire de sa poitrine une éponge toute noire, la couvre de baisers) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 7 5/8 x 6 1/16" (19.3 x 15.4 cm); sheet: 20 5/8 x 15 13/16" (52.4 x 40.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

. . . And He Discerns an Arid, Knoll-Covered Plain (. . . Et il distingue une plaine aride et mamelonneuse) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 9 11/16 x 7 13/16" (24.6 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 20 15/16 x 15 11/16" (53.2 x 39.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

. . . The Beasts of the Sea, Round like Leather Bottles (. . . Les Bêtes de la mer rondes comme des outres) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 8 11/16 x 7 1/2" (22.1 x 19.1 cm); sheet: 20 13/16 x 15 11/16" (52.8 x 39.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Day Appears At Last, . . . and in the Very Disk of the Sun Shines the Face of Jesus Christ (Le Jour enfin paraît . . . et dans le disque même du soleil, rayonne la face du Jésus-Christ) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 6 3/8" (26.7 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 20 1/2 x 15 13/16" (52.1 x 40.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Immediately Three Goddesses Arise (Immédiatement surgissent trois Déesses) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 6 7/16 x 5 3/8" (16.3 x 13.7 cm); sheet: 20 5/8 x 15 11/16" (52.4 x 39.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death: It Is I Who Makes You Serious; Let Us Embrace (La Mort: C'est moi qui te rends serieuse; enlaçons-nous) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 11 15/16 x 8 7/16" (30.3 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 20 9/16 x 15 3/4" (52.2 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Am Still the Great Isis! Nobody Has Ever Yet Lifted My Veil! My Fruit Is the Sun! (Je suis toujours la grande Isis! Nul n'a encore soulevé mon voile! Mon fruit est le soleil!) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 11 1/16 x 8" (28.1 x 20.3 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 15 5/8" (53 x 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flowers Fall, and the Head of a Python Appears (Des fleurs tombent, et la tête d'un python paraît) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 3/16 x 7 13/16" (25.9 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 20 3/8 x 15 5/8" (51.7 x 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Different Peoples Dwell in the Countries of the Ocean (Des peuples divers habitent les pays de l'océan) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 12 3/16 x 9 3/16" (31 x 23.3 cm); sheet: 21 1/16 x 15 11/16" (53.5 x 39.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Here Is the Good Goddess, the Idaean Mother of the Mountains (Voici la bonne-déesse, l'idéenne des montagnes) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 5 7/8 x 5 1/8" (14.9 x 13 cm); sheet: 20 1/2 x 15 3/4" (52.1 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

My Kisses Have the Taste of a Fruit That Would Melt in Your Heart! . . . You Disdain Me! Farewell! (Mes baisers ont le gout d'un fruit qui se fondrait dans ton coeur! . . . Tu me dédaignes! Adieu!) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition (irreg.): 7 15/16 x 6 7/16" (20.2 x 16.3 cm); sheet: 20 9/16 x 15 5/8" (52.2 x 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oannès: I, the First Consciousness of Chaos, Arose from the Abyss to Harden Matter, to Regulate Form (Oannès: Moi, la première conscience du chaos, j'ai surgi de l'abîme pour durcir la matière, pour régle) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 15 3/4" (53 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

. . . I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed like Forms of Spirits (. . . J'ai quelquefois aperçu dans le ciel comme des formes d'esprits) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 7/16 x 7 3/16" (26.5 x 18.2 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 x 15 3/4" (51.2 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In the Shadows Are People, Weeping and Praying, Surrounded by Others Who Are Exhorting Them . . . (Dans l'ombre des gens pleurent et prient entourés d'autres qui les exhortent . . .) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 3/8 x 8 7/16" (26.3 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 15 7/16" (53 x 39.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Old Woman: What Are You Afraid Of? A Wide Black Hole! It Is Empty, Perhaps? (La Vieille: Que crains-tu? Un large trou noir! Il est vide, peut-être?) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 6 7/16 x 4 3/16" (16.3 x 10.7 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 15 3/4" (53 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

He Falls Head Foremost into the Abyss (Il tombe dans l'abîme, la tête en bas) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.6 x 21.2 cm); sheet: 20 1/2 x 15 3/4" (52.1 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Anthony: What Is the Point of All This? The Devil: There Is No Point! (Antoine: Quel est le but de tout cela? Le Diable: Il n'y a pas de but!) from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

1896 · One from a portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition: 12 1/4 x 9 7/8" (31.1 x 25.1 cm); sheet: 20 7/16 x 15 3/4" (51.9 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece for Le Mouvement idéaliste en peinture

1896 · Lithograph on chine appliqué

composition (irreg.): 3 1/4 x 3 3/8" (8.2 x 8.6 cm); sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 7/16" (29.9 x 44.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Old Knight (Vieux chevalier)

1896 · Lithograph on chine appliqué

composition: 11 3/4 x 9 3/16" (29.8 x 23.3 cm); sheet: 16 3/8 x 12 15/16" (41.6 x 32.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Temptation of Saint Anthony (La Tentation de Saint-Antoine) (third series)

1896 · Portfolio of 23 lithographs on chine appliqué

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 20 7/8 x 15 3/4" (53.1 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Different Peoples Dwell in the Countries of the Ocean (Des peuples divers habitent les pays de l'océan)

1896 · Lithograph on chine appliqué

composition: 12 1/16 x 9" (30.6 x 22.8 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 x 13" (43.8 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

She Draws from Her Bosom a Sponge, Perfectly Black, and Covers It with Kisses (Elle tire de sa poitrine une éponge toute noire, la couvre de baisers)

1896 · Lithograph on chine appliqué

composition 7 1/2 x 5 7/8" (19.1 x 15 cm); sheet 17 1/16 x 13" (43 x 33.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death: It Is I Who Makes You Serious; Let Us Embrace (La Mort: C'est moi qui te rends serieuse; enlaçons-nous) (plate XVIII) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 22 lithographs on chine appliqué and 21 wood engravings (including wrapper and table of plates)

composition: 11 7/8 × 8 3/8" (30.2 × 21.2 cm); page: 17 1/16 × 12 15/16" (43.4 × 32.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Intelligence Was Mine! I Became the Buddha (L'Intelligence fût à moi! Je devins le Buddha) (plate XI) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 22 lithographs on chine appliqué and 21 wood engravings (including wrapper and table of plates)

composition: 12 3/8 × 8 9/16" (31.5 × 21.7 cm); page: 17 3/16 × 13" (43.7 × 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Helen (Ennoia) (Hélène [Ennoia]) (plate IX) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 22 lithographs on chine appliqué and 21 wood engravings (including wrapper and table of plates)

composition: 3 11/16 × 3 1/4" (9.3 × 8.3 cm); page: 17 5/16 × 13 1/8" (44 × 33.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

He Falls Head Foremost into the Abyss (Il tombe dans l'abîme, la tête en bas) (plate XV) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with 22 lithographs on chine appliqué and 21 wood engravings (including wrapper and table of plates)

composition: 10 13/16 × 8 1/4" (27.5 × 21 cm); page: 17 1/4 × 13" (43.8 × 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art