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Odilon Redon

Head of the Virgin, after 1900

Description

Maker

Odilon Redon, 1840-1916, French, printmaker

Title

Head of the Virgin

Year

after 1900

Medium

Oil paint and metallic paint with scraping on wove paper

Dimensions

33 x 44.5 cm (13 x 17 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, in oil, at lr: Odilon Redon

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

28.112

Exhibition History

French Drawings in the Time of Degas

August 19, 2005 - January 22, 2006

Although Redon’s dreamlike imagery was far removed from Degas’s subjects drawn from contemporary life, Redon held a profound regard for Degas’s work. “Degas would have the right to have his name inscribed high on the temple. Respect here, absolute respect,” wrote Redon in his journal in 1889 (Odilon Redon, A Soi-meme: journal (1867-1915). Paris: 1992, p. 93).

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