Roger Marx
Medium
lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper
Dimensions
25 × 14.5 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
In honor of Leona E. Prasse through The Print Club of Cleveland
Accession Number
1964.27
Tags
male
About this artwork
Later in life, Odilon Redon turned to portraiture, creating likenesses of both commissioned sitters and his close friends. This print represents a figure central to his artistic and social milieu: Roger Marx was an influential critic who championed Redon’s work. Redon depicted only the head and profile of his subject, sketching Marx with fine and delicate detail. He produced just a small number of impressions of the lithograph, accentuating its personal and intimate theme.