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Odilon Redon

A Edgar Poe (Portfolio Cover),

Maker

  • Lemercier
  • G. Fischbacher
  • Odilon Redon

Title

A Edgar Poe (Portfolio Cover)

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr.

Object Number

50.372

A Edgar Poe (Portfolio Cover)

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)

Mellerio no. 37

Exhibition History

From Bastille to Beaubourg

July 7 - August 26, 1989

Odilon Redon

La Folie (Madness)

Odilon Redon

Le Souffle Qui Conduit Les Etres Est Aussi Dans les Sphères (The Breath that leads Living Creatures is also in the Spheres)

Odilon Redon

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

Odilon Redon

L'oeil comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers l'infini (The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Moves Toward Infinity)

Odilon Redon

Un Masque Sonne le Glas Funèbre (A Mask sounds the funeral knell)
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