Vision, plate eight from In Dreams
1879
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image/chine: 27.5 × 19.8 cm (10 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 27.3 cm (14 3/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
79320
Art Historical Context
Odilon Redon's *Vision*, plate eight from the series *In Dreams* (1879), invites visitors into the artist's enigmatic world of reverie and the subconscious. Created during Redon's early career, this lithograph exemplifies his mastery of monochrome imagery, where shadowy forms emerge from dreamlike voids, evoking mystery and introspection. As part of a suite of prints, it reflects the late 19th-century fascination with the inner psyche, bridging Romanticism and the emerging Symbolist movement. Printed in black ink on delicate cream China paper laid down on white wove paper, the work measures 2...
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...