And over there, the Astral Idol, the Apotheosis
Odilon Redon
1891
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 17 9/16 x 12 7/16 in. (44.6 x 31.6 cm) image: 7 x 7 9/16 in. (17.8 x 19.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.30.2
Tags
Bow and ArrowMen
About the Artist
Odilon Redon · 1840–1916
Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a French Symbolist painter, printmaker, and pastellist whose visionary art bridged the 19th-century Symbolist movement and 20th-century Surrealism. Born Bertrand Redon in Bordeaux on April 20, 1840, he earned the nickname "Odilon" from his mother Odile. His father, who made his fortune in the Louisiana slave trade, conceived Odilon in New Orleans before the family retu...