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Passage of a Soul

1891 (printed 1920)

Odilon Redon

(French, 1840–1916)
published by

Editions Lucien Vogel, Paris

France, 19th century
etching and drypoint
Sheet: 32.8 x 24.8 cm (12 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Platemark: 9.2 x 5.8 cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Gift of Eric Baer in memory of Anne Hiltner 2011.404
Catalogue raisonné: Mellerio 21, Harrison 25
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Odilon Redon created this work by cutting the plate from an existing print in two. He reworked the right side of the plate into the image seen here.
  • ?-2011
    Dr. Eric Baer, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    2011-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Schneider, Erika. "Gauguin's Watery Women: A Multivalent Symbolist Reading." In Rosina Neginsky, ed. Symbolism: Its Origins and Its Consequences. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 284, fig. 15.7
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