Immediately Three Goddesses Arise, plate 11 of 24
1896
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 17 × 13.3 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Chine: 21.8 × 16.6 cm (8 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.7 cm (17 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
79625
Art Historical Context
Odilon Redon's *Immediately Three Goddesses Ar*, plate 11 from a series of 24 lithographs in 1896, viewers into the artist's dreamlike Symbolist world. Redon (1840–1916), a French master of the fantastical, drew inspiration from mythology, literature, and the subconscious, often evoking ethereal visions in his "Noirs"—monochrome prints that blend mystery and poetry. This work, with its poetic title suggesting divine emergence, exemplifies his ability to conjure otherworldly narratives through subtle suggestion rather than literal depiction. Printed in black ink on ivory China paper laid down ...
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...