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Beatrice

Beatrice

1897
(French, 1840–1916)
(French, 1858–1936)
(French, 1867–1939)
France, late 19th Century
color lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper
Image: 33.6 x 29.6 cm (13 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1931.50
Catalogue raisonné: Mellerio 168
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • ?-1931
    (Yvonne Conter, Geneva, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)
    1931
    The Print Club of Cleveland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1931-
    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: Béatrice. 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).
    Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).
    Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
    Odilon Redon: Dream Creatures and Anemones. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 21-October 14, 1984).
    Nabi Prints: Ritual and Reality. Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (March 1 - April 8, 1979).
    Charles Meryon, Odilon Redon, and Rodolphe Bresdin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1, 1978-April 1, 1979).
    40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).
  • {{cite web|title=Beatrice|url=false|author=Odilon Redon, Auguste Clot, Ambroise Vollard|year=1897|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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