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Closed Eyes

1890
(French, 1840–1916)
printer

Becquet

(French)
France, 19th century
lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper
Support: China paper; wove paper
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Image: 31.2 x 24.2 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.306
Catalogue raisonné: Mellerio 107
State: trial proof (before letters)
Edition: edition of 100
Location: not on view
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Despite its androgynous look, this figure has been identified as a portrait of Redon´s wife, Camille Falte.

Description

Odilon Redon explored the image of an androgynous figure with closed eyes in several of his works. He saw the expression as representative of a meditative shift inward and away from the constraints of modern society. By drawing lightly on a lithographic stone, Redon made faint lines that subtly modeled and shaded the head and shoulders while contrasting with the more sketchily drawn, inexplicable landscape in the foreground. Part of the Print Club of Cleveland’s early gift of lithographs by Redon to the museum, this impression is a unique trial proof, printed while the artist was collaborating with master printer Becquet to assess the composition’s progress.
Closed Eyes

Closed Eyes

1890

Odilon Redon, Becquet

(French, 1840–1916), (French)
France, 19th century

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