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Beatrice

1897

Odilon Redon

(French, 1840–1916)
printer

Auguste Clot

(French, 1858–1936)
publisher

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)
Culture
France, late 19th Century
Medium
color lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper
Support
China paper; wove paper
Measurements
Image: 33.6 x 29.6 cm (13 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1931.50
Catalogue raisonné
Mellerio 168
State
I/I
Edition
edition of 100
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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This print was published in L'Album d'Estampes Originales, a portfolio of lithographs edited by Vollard that included works by some of the leading artists of the day including Bonnard, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard, and Whistler.

Description

This print represents Odilon Redon’s fullest experimentation with color lithography. Although he occasionally printed works in a single color, he only made one work in a full range of tones. Revisiting the subject of a pastel from about a decade earlier, Beatrice portrays a recurring figure in Redon’s work—the woman who inspired Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321). Working with his frequent collaborators during the 1890s, printer Auguste Clot and publisher Ambroise Vollard, Redon used muted shades to suggest Beatrice’s ethereal presence and her timeless role as an artistic muse.
A vertically oriented color lithograph depicts a woman in profile facing left, her head tilted down. Rendered in soft, muted tones of pale yellow and light gray, her features are hazy and dreamlike. A crown of small yellow blossoms rests on her hair, and a sprig of blue leaves sits in the upper right. The grainy texture blends her form into the background. Odilon Redon is printed in the lower right.

Beatrice

1897

Odilon Redon, Auguste Clot, Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1840–1916), (French, 1858–1936), (French, 1867–1939)
France, late 19th Century

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