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Odilon Redon, designer

et il tomba du ciel une grande étoile, ardente comme un flambeau. (and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch), 1899

Description

Maker

  • Odilon Redon, 1840-1916, French, printmaker
  • Ambroise Vollard, publisher
  • Blanchard, printer

Title

et il tomba du ciel une grande étoile, ardente comme un flambeau. (and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch)

Year

1899

Medium

lithograph on chine-collé

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Supports

  • Light weight cream Oriental tissue paper laid down on heavy weight white wove paper (chine collé)

Dimensions

31.6 x 23 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/8 inches) (plate) including inscription

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered in image: LR Monogram: "OR"; Below image L: "et il tomba du ciel une grande étoile, ardente comme un flambeau."

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr.

Object Number

50.371.5

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is et il tomba du ciel une grande étoile, ardente comme un flambeau. (and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch) with the accession number of 50.371.5. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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