Cover
1896
- Medium
- lithograph on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 45.9 × 32.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-538620
Odilon Redon was a voracious reader of contemporary literature, and such texts often influenced his art. This series was inspired by The Haunted and the Haunters, an 1859 novel by British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Redon’s prints capture the book’s mysterious tone and emphasis on the supernatural through vague but evocative imagery that sometimes borders on abstraction. By this time a seasoned expert in lithography, the artist collaborated with master printer Auguste Clot. Their combined technical skills allowed for the rich tonal variation seen here, made by turning Redon’s lithographic cr…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1966.413.8
Registry history
- 1896 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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