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Old Knight (Vieux chevalier)

Odilon Redon1896

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

  • Title: Old Knight (Vieux chevalier)
  • Creator: Odilon Redon
  • Date Created: 1896
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in pencil, lower left: “Od. R.”
  • Set or Series Title: L’Album des peintres-gravures
  • 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, 1957
  • Materials & Techniques: Lithograph on thin grey wove chine collé on heavy wove paper
  • Keywords: military, symbolism
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Trial proof before the edition of 100; printed by Blanchard, published by Vollard. Stone effaced after the edition. In the years 1896–1898, Vollard attempted to produce annual portfolios of prints entitled “L’Album des Peintres-Gravures,” ventures which did not receive widespread popular support (the third album, 1898, was never completed). The portfolio published in 1896 comprised a collection of 22 prints by different contemporary artists.
  • Dimensions: Image dimensions: 298 mm x 233 mm (11.73 in. x 9.17 in.). Sheet dimensions: 570 mm x 430 mm (22.44 in. x 16.93 in.).
  • Bibliography: Mellerio 158; Werner, "The Graphic Works of Odilon Redon (New York, Dover, 1969), p. xxiii & pl. 133; Johnson, "Ambroise Vollard," cat. 134, pl. 27, pp. 13-15, 117, 191
  • Associated People: Created by Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)
  • Accession Number: 1957.24.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

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