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Odilon Redon

A l' Horizon, l' Ange des Certitudes, et Dans le Ciel Sombre un Regard Interrogateur (On the Horizon, the Angel of Certitudes, and in the Dark Sky, A Questioning Glance)

Maker

Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), printmaker
Joseph Rose Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887), printer
G. Fischbacher, publisher

Title

A l' Horizon, l' Ange des Certitudes, et Dans le Ciel Sombre un Regard Interrogateur (On the Horizon, the Angel of Certitudes, and in the Dark Sky, A Questioning Glance)
A Edgar Poe

Year

1882

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

29.1 x 20.8 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/16 inches) (plate) including inscriptions

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered: UR: "Odilon Redon"; LC: "Imp. Lemercier & C.ie r. de Seine 57." and "A l' horizon, l' Ange des CERTITUDES, et dans le ciel sombre un regard interrogateur."

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. 41

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr.

Object Number

50.372.4

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 19: Many Moons

Approximately thirteen moons ago, I asked myself: Is it possible to live under a lunar calendar?

What would such a life reveal? What happens when you measure life in months instead of years? How would you interface with the databases that underlie digitized capitalism? Where to begin?

One begins with one’s own body, of course. Has science fiction taught us nothing?

—Badly Licked Bear, introduction

 

Manual 19 looks up to the skies to consider astronomy and space travel and ponder broader, more ancient associations, including the night in all its inky glory; tides, time, and calendars; the feminine; reflections and mirrors; love and enduring companionship; and lunacy, strangeness, and magic.

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Tombstone

Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), printmaker
Joseph Rose Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887), printer
G. Fischbacher, publisher
A l' Horizon, l' Ange des Certitudes, et Dans le Ciel Sombre un Regard Interrogateur (On the Horizon, the Angel of Certitudes, and in the Dark Sky, A Questioning Glance); A Edgar Poe, 1882
lithograph on chine-collé
29.1 x 20.8 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/16 inches) (plate) including inscriptions
Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr. 50.372.4

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