Mes Baisers ont le Gout d'un Fruit Qui Se Fondrait Dans Ton Coeur!...
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lithograph on wove Arches paper
Dimensions
sheet: 43.5 × 32.8 cm (17 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner
Accession Number
2014.137.2.3
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the enchanting world of Symbolist art with *Mes Baisers ont leout d'un Fruit Qui Se Fondrait Dans Ton Coeur!...* (My Kisses Have the Taste of a Fruit That Would Melt in Your Heart!...), a lithograph published in 1938. Created by visionary artist Odilon Redon (1840–1916), with printing by Georges Aubert after Redon's design and inspired by Gustave Flaubert's evocative prose, this work captures the dreamlike intimacy of Symbolism. Redon, a master of the fantastical, often blended literary sensuality with ethereal imagery, bridging 19th-century Romanticism and early modernism. Printed...