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Head within an Aureole
Odilon Redonabout 1894–1895
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A large nimbus floats in a glowing cosmic space. Its black circular center is a male head, partly shadowed and with eyes closed, sunk in deep dreaming sleep. The nimbus is rendered in delicate strokes of powdery charcoal over which Redon has added dots of cobalt blue pastel.
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Details
- Title: Head within an Aureole
- Creator: Odilon Redon
- Date Created: about 1894–1895
- Location Created: France
- Physical Dimensions: 52 × 36 cm (20 1/2 × 14 3/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Charcoal and pastel on brown paper
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2016.10
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Odilon Redon (French, 1840 - 1916)
- Classification: Drawings (Visual Works)
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