A Skull Wreathed in Roses
1888
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Art Institute of ChicagoOriginal work, 1882
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Odilon Redon — The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon Print
An enormous eye floats above the landscape like a balloon. Redon joins fine lines, deep shadows and an open sky in this image from his tribute to Edgar Allan Poe.
A fine-art giclée reproduction on 200 gsm uncoated paper. The complete composition is presented with a white paper border. Choose from the available sizes and unframed or framed finishes.
This Small edition has wider white margins, with the complete artwork measuring approximately 5.6 × 7.3 inches inside the 10 × 8 inch paper.
£29.00
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Paper, size & framing
Fine-art print on 200 gsm enhanced matte paper. Measurements are the paper dimensions, including the white border. Framing adds to the overall dimensions. The artwork keeps its approved composition within those margins. White, natural and dark wood frames are ready to hang with plexiglass.
About the artwork
An enormous eye floats above the landscape like a balloon. Redon joins fine lines, deep shadows and an open sky in this image from his tribute to Edgar Allan Poe.
A fine-art giclée reproduction on 200 gsm uncoated paper. The complete composition is presented with a white paper border. Choose from the available sizes and unframed or framed finishes.
This Small edition has wider white margins, with the complete artwork measuring approximately 5.6 × 7.3 inches inside the 10 × 8 inch paper.
- Artist
- Odilon Redon
- Artwork
- Odilon Redon — The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon Print
- Date of work
- 1882
- Museum collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
About Odilon Redon
French · 1840–1916
Odilon Redon was born in Bordeaux. Books, pictures and music nourished an imagination that would remain central to his art. He learned printmaking from Rodolphe Bresdin, then developed a powerful language in charcoal. Rather than treating art as a faithful record of the visible world, he made space for mystery, fantasy and associations that resist a single explanation.
Redon’s charcoal drawings and lithographs, which he called his noirs, explored strange creatures, floating forms and dreamlike encounters. Later his work became celebrated for radiant pastel and painted colour. Mythological subjects and flowers offered ways to join observation with invention. A bouquet could remain recognisably botanical while its colour and setting opened onto a world of feeling.
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