Odilon Redon, Closed Eyes
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.306 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Odilon Redon

Closed Eyes

1890

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper
Dimensions
31.2 × 24.2 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-190270

Odilon Redon explored the image of an androgynous figure with closed eyes in several of his works. He saw the expression as representative of a meditative shift inward and away from the constraints of modern society. By drawing lightly on a lithographic stone, Redon made faint lines that subtly modeled and shaded the head and shoulders while contrasting with the more sketchily drawn, inexplicable landscape in the foreground. Part of the Print Club of Cleveland’s early gift of lithographs by Redon to the museum, this impression is a unique trial proof, printed while the artist was collaboratin…

Provenance

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.306

Registry history

  • 1890 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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