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Odilon Redon

Devant Le Noir Soleil de la Mélancolie, Lénore Apparait (Before the Black Sun of Melancholy, Lenore Appears),

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Maker

Title

Devant Le Noir Soleil de la Mélancolie, Lénore Apparait (Before the Black Sun of Melancholy, Lenore Appears)

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

18.4 x 12.7 cm (7 1/4 x 5 inches) (plate) including inscriptions

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered: LL: "Odilon Redon"; LC: "Imp. Lemercier & C.ie r. de Seine 57." and "Devant le noir Soleil de la MÉLANCOLIE, Lénore apparait."

Portfolio cover stamped with the collector's mark of André Marie Louis Mellerio (1862-1942; Lugt 153a)

Verso: stamped with the collector's mark of Emile Laffon (1868-1931; Lugt 877a)

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Mellerio no. 39

Type

Credit

Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr.

Object Number

50.372.2

About

Devant Le Noir Soleil de la Mélancolie, Lénore Apparait (Before the Black Sun of Melancholy, Lenore Appears)
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Lettered: LL: "Odilon Redon"; LC: "Imp. Lemercier & C.ie r. de Seine 57." and "Devant le noir Soleil de la MÉLANCOLIE, Lénore apparait."

Portfolio cover stamped with the collector's mark of André Marie Louis Mellerio (1862-1942; Lugt 153a)

Verso: stamped with the collector's mark of Emile Laffon (1868-1931; Lugt 877a)

Mellerio no. 39

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