The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 14, 2026

A lithograph on off-white paper depicts the head of a man in profile, facing left. He has a light skin tone, dark hair swept back, and a short beard. Granular black and gray marks define his features, with concentrated shading at his eye and jawline. The portrait is centered, its irregular edges fading into the paper to create a soft, sketch-like finish.

Pierre Bonnard

1902

Odilon Redon

(French, 1840–1916)
printer

Blanchard

France, early 20th Century
lithograph
Image: 14.5 x 12.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1955.508
Catalogue raisonné: Mellerio 191
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Pierre Bonnard once said of Redon: “All of our generation fell under his charm and received his advice.”

Description

Later in life, Odilon Redon turned to portraiture, creating likenesses of both commissioned sitters and his close friends. This print represents a figure central to his artistic and social milieu: Pierre Bonnard was a younger artist who admired Redon’s emphasis on interior states. Redon depicted only the head and profile of his subject, sketching Bonnard with fine and delicate detail. He produced just a small number of impressions of the lithograph, accentuating its personal and intimate theme.
  • ?-1955
    (Ferdinand Roten, Baltimore, MD, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)
    1955
    The Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
    1955-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Collecting Dreams: Odilon Redon. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19, 2021-January 23, 2022).
    Portraits in Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 10, 1963-February 6, 1964).
  • {{cite web|title=Pierre Bonnard|url=false|author=Odilon Redon, Blanchard|year=1902|access-date=14 May 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1955.508