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Princess Maleine (The Little Madonna)

Princess Maleine (The Little Madonna)

1892
(French, 1840–1916)
etching and drypoint on wove paper
Plate: 8.6 x 6.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.); Image: 12 x 6.7 cm (4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.); Sheet: 23.1 x 19.8 cm (9 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2021.172
Catalogue raisonné: Harrison 26; Werner 196; Mellerio 22
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Odilon Redon created this print by reusing the copper plate from his 1880 etching David, and the earlier image is faintly visible throughout.

Description

Although Odilon Redon was best known for his lithographs, he created nearly 30 prints using etching throughout his career. Here, he depicted Princess Maleine, the protagonist of a tragic drama by avant-garde playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, himself a collector of Redon’s prints. The young woman is represented in feathery black lines and tonal areas created using drypoint, a technique that wears down as impressions are printed.
  • ?-?
    probably Hermann Peter Rohde [1915–2005], Randers, Denmark
    1998
    (sale, Christie’s, London, December 9, 1998, no. 308)
    2011
    (Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, Croton, NY)
    after 2011-2021
    Private Collection, New York
    2021
    (Mireille Mosler, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2021-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Mellerio, André. Odilon Redon: peintre, dessinateur et graveur. Paris: Floury, 1923. Mentioned: p. 180, no. 22
    Werner, Alfred. The Graphic Works of Odilon Redon. New York: Dover, 1969. Mentioned: p. XXVII, no. 196
    Harrison, Sharon R. The Etchings of Odilon Redon: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Da Capo Press, 1986. Mentioned: no. 26
  • {{cite web|title=Princess Maleine (The Little Madonna)|url=false|author=Odilon Redon|year=1892|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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