Closed Eyes (Yeux clos)

Odilon Redon1890

Details

Title: Closed Eyes (Yeux clos)
Creator: Odilon Redon
Date Created: 1890
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed on stone, lower left: “ODILON REDON”; inscribed on stone below image, lower left: “YEUX CLOS”; inscribed on stone below image, lower right: “à 50 exemplaires”
Print State: First of two states
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. Duplicate exchange, 1961
Materials & Techniques: Lithograph printed in soft grey-brown on thin cream wove chine collé on heavy wove paper
Keywords: eyes, symbolism
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: 50, printed by Becquet, Paris
Dimensions: Image dimensions: 312 mm x 242 mm (12.28 in. x 9.53 in.). Sheet dimensions: 500 mm x 387 mm (19.69 in. x 15.24 in.).
Bibliography: Mellerio 107; Werner, "The Graphic Works of Odilon Redon" (New York, Dover, 1969), p. xx & pl. 82
Associated People: Created by Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)
Accession Number: 1961.22.1

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