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Melancholy
c. 1868
(French, 1840–1916)
Sheet: 32.1 x 22 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.299
Catalogue raisonné: Wildenstein 576
Location: not on view
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Redon incorporated fantastical details into his mountainous landscape, including a small creature seen faintly directly above the woman and a profile that vaguely appears in the shadows next to her.Description
Odilon Redon grew up near the massive Pyrénées mountains in southern France and their image recurred throughout his work. In a series of drawings made during the 1870s, Redon used the craggy surface and infinite reach of his native landscape to evoke a sense of solitude and isolation. The woman seen here, for example, leans forward and casts her eyes downward as if in resignation.- ?-1927(Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)1927Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH1927-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Odilon Redon (1840–1916): Pastels and Drawings. Exh. cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. Mentioned: p. 17, no. 33Rewald, John. "Quelques notes et documents sur Odilon Redon." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 48 (November 1956): 81-124. Reproduced: p. 119Wildenstein, Alec. Odilon Redon, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné. Paris: Wildenstein Institute, 1992. Mentioned: vol. I, p. 227, no. 576; Reproduced: p. 228Druick, Douglas W., Gloria Groom, Fred Leeman, Kevin Sharp, MaryAnne Stevens, Harriet K. Stratis, and Peter Kort Zegers. Odilon Redon: Prince of Dreams, 1840–1916. Exh. cat. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1994. Mentioned: p. 62-63, 436, no. 21; Reproduced: p. 62
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