Odilon REDON
The Sciapodes: 'The head as low as possible, that is the secret of happiness!'
(Les Sciapodes: La Tête le plus bas possible, c'est le secret du bonheur!)
1889
plate 6 from the À Gustave Flaubert: Six Dessins pour La Tentation de Saint-Antoine (For Gustave Flaubert: Six drawings for The Temptation of Saint Anthony) portfolio, 1889

Medium
lithograph on chine collé

Measurements
27.7 × 21.3 cm (image) 44.9 × 31.5 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1988

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Mellerio 100

Edition
proof before letters

Printing/Publishing
printed by Becquet

Accession Number
P8-1988

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Fantasy Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
black (colour) creatures dark (colour attribute) heads (animal components) legendary beings portfolios (groups of works) shading texture (artistic concept)