And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven (Et moi, Jean, je vis la sainte cite, la nouvelle Jerusalem, qui descendait du ciel, d’aupres de Dieu)

Odilon Redon1899

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Title: And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven (Et moi, Jean, je vis la sainte cite, la nouvelle Jerusalem, qui descendait du ciel, d’aupres de Dieu)
Creator: Odilon Redon
Date Created: 1899
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed on stone, lower right: monogram “OR”
Set or Series Title: Apocalypse of Saint John (Apocalypse de Saint-Jean par Odilon Redon)
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1956
Materials & Techniques: Lithograph on thin grey wove chine collé on heavy wove paper
Keywords: Asia, Bible, Israel, Jerusalem, New Testament, Palestine (historical region), religions, religious art, Saint John, saints
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: From the edition of 100 portfolios, each containing 13 lithographs (cover and 12 plates), printed by Blanchard; Paris, Edité par Vollard, 6 rue Laffitte
Dimensions: Image dimensions: 297 mm x 233 mm (11.69 in. x 9.17 in.). Sheet dimensions: 564 mm x 524 mm (22.2 in. x 20.63 in.).
Bibliography: For the set, see Mellerio 173–185; Johnson, Ambroise Vollard, cat. no. 137; Werner, The Graphic Works of Odilon Redon (New York: Dover, 1969), pp. xxiv–xxv and plates 148–160
Associated People: Created by Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)
Accession Number: 1956.34.11

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