La Sulamite (The Shulamite)
1897
Medium
lithograph in black and yellow on chine volant (chine volant refers to a sheet of free-floating china paper that has not been bonded to a heavier support, as in chine appliqué)
Dimensions
sheet: 32.1 x 31.5 cm (12 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.156
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...