Closed Eyes
Odilon Redon · 1890 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Odilon Redon explored the image of an androgynous figure with closed eyes in several of his works. He saw the expression as representative of a meditative shift inward and away from the constraints of modern society. By drawing lightly on a lithographic stone, Redon made faint lines that subtly modeled and shaded the head and shoulders while contrasting with the more sketchily drawn, inexplicable landscape in the foreground. Part of the Print Club of Cleveland’s early gift of lithographs by Redon to the museum, this impression is a unique trial proof, printed while the artist was collaborating with master printer Becquet to assess the composition’s progress. Despite its androgynous look, this figure has been identified as a portrait of Redon´s wife, Camille Falte.
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Details
- Maker
- Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 31.2 x 24.2 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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- Drawn on Stone: 19th-Century LithographySep 25, 1993 – Feb 20, 1994
- Symbolist PrintsNov 5, 1991 – Jan 12, 1992
- Contemporaries of the Pont-Aven PrintmakersAug 14, 1987 – Sep 27, 1987
- Odilon Redon: Dream Creatures and AnemonesAug 21, 1984 – Oct 14, 1984
