Melancholy
Odilon Redon · c. 1868 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Odilon Redon grew up near the massive Pyrénées mountains in southern France and their image recurred throughout his work. In a series of drawings made during the 1870s, Redon used the craggy surface and infinite reach of his native landscape to evoke a sense of solitude and isolation. The woman seen here, for example, leans forward and casts her eyes downward as if in resignation. Redon incorporated fantastical details into his mountainous landscape, including a small creature seen faintly directly above the woman and a profile that vaguely appears in the shadows next to her.
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Details
- Maker
- Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
- Date
- c. 1868
- Medium
- graphite on beige wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 32.1 x 22 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 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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