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Light

Light

1893
(French, 1840–1916)
printer

Becquet

(French)
France, 19th century
lithograph on China paper laid down on wove paper
Image: 31.9 x 24.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Ralph King 1926.296
Catalogue raisonné: Mellerio 123
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Redon originally named this print "Pensive Head."
  • after 1893-by 1919
    Jules Chavasse [1858-1919; L. 1430], Paris
    after 1919-by 1926
    (C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York, sold to Ralph King, Cleveland, OH)
    ?-1926
    Ralph King [1855-1926], Cleveland, OH, by descent to his wife
    1926
    Mrs. Ralph King, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1926-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Published as: Lumière. Mentioned: p. 58 archive.org
  • Collecting Dreams: Odilon Redon. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19, 2021-January 23, 2022).
    Drawn on Stone: 19th-Century Lithography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25, 1993-February 20, 1994).
    Symbolist Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).
    Charles Meryon, Odilon Redon, and Rodolphe Bresdin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1, 1978-April 1, 1979).
    Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
    French Art Since Eighteen Hundred. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8-December 8, 1929).
  • {{cite web|title=Light|url=false|author=Odilon Redon, Becquet|year=1893|access-date=10 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.296