Odilon REDON

Plate III: And a large bird, descending from the sky, hurls itself against the topmost point of her hair…
(Pl. III: ….. et un grand oiseau, qui descend du ciel, vient s’abattre sur le sommet de sa chevelure…..)
(1888)
from the Tentation de Saint-Antoine (The Temptation of Saint Anthony) series I 1888

Medium

lithograph on chine appliqué, letterpress text

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Suzette Marie Chapple Bequest, 2024
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Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

lithograph on chine appliqué, letterpress text

Measurements

19.0 × 16.0 cm (image) 19.1 × 16.1 cm (chine) 44.6 × 31.7 cm (sheet)

Place/s of Execution

Paris, France

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Mellerio 86

Edition

edition of 60

Printing/Publishing

printed by Becquet, Paris, published by Edmond Deman, Brussels

Inscription

printed in ink (in image) ODILON REDON (N reversed)

Accession Number

2024.775.3

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Suzette Marie Chapple Bequest, 2024

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Gallery location

Not on display

Series

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Part of series

Plate I: …first, a pool of water, then a prostitute, the corner of a temple, a soldier’s face, a chariot with two white, rearing horses.

Part of series

Plate II: It is the devil, bearing beneath his two wings the seven deadly sins

Part of series

Plate IV: He raises the bronze urn.

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Plate V: Then there appears a singular being, having the head of a man on the body of a fish

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Plate VI: It is a skull wreathed with roses. It dominates a woman’s torso of pearly whiteness.

Part of series

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The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Plate I: …first, a pool of water, then a prostitute, the corner of a temple, a soldier’s face, a chariot with two white, rearing horses.

Plate II: It is the devil, bearing beneath his two wings the seven deadly sins

Plate IV: He raises the bronze urn.

Plate V: Then there appears a singular being, having the head of a man on the body of a fish

Plate VI: It is a skull wreathed with roses. It dominates a woman’s torso of pearly whiteness.

Plate VII: The chimera with green eyes turns, bays.

Plate VIII: And all manner of frightful creatures arise.

Plate IX: Everywhere eyeballs are aflame.

Plate X: ….and in the very disk of the sun shines the face of Jesus Christ.

Cover for: The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

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The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Plate I: …first, a pool of water, then a prostitute, the corner of a temple, a soldier’s face, a chariot with two white, rearing horses.

Plate II: It is the devil, bearing beneath his two wings the seven deadly sins

Plate IV: He raises the bronze urn.

Plate V: Then there appears a singular being, having the head of a man on the body of a fish

Plate VI: It is a skull wreathed with roses. It dominates a woman’s torso of pearly whiteness.

Plate VII: The chimera with green eyes turns, bays.

Plate VIII: And all manner of frightful creatures arise.

Plate IX: Everywhere eyeballs are aflame.

Plate X: ….and in the very disk of the sun shines the face of Jesus Christ.

Cover for: The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Tentation de Saint-Antoine)

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