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Odilon Redon

A Edgar Poe (Portfolio Cover)

Maker

Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), printmaker
Lemercier, printer
G. Fischbacher, publisher

Title

A Edgar Poe (Portfolio Cover)

Year

1882

Dimensions

Sheet: 45.8 x 32.4 cm (18 1/16 x 12 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered: "A Edgar Poe 6 Lithographies / Odilon Redon Paris G. Fischbacher Editeur 33 Rue de Seine 33."

Inscribed UR in graphite: "Odilon Redon"

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

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Mellerio no. 37

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr.

Object Number

50.372

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

From Bastille to Beaubourg
Two Centuries of French Art from the Permanent Collection
Jul 07, 1989 – Aug 26, 1989

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Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), printmaker
Lemercier, printer
G. Fischbacher, publisher
A Edgar Poe (Portfolio Cover), 1882
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Sheet: 45.8 x 32.4 cm (18 1/16 x 12 3/4 inches)
Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr. 50.372

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