The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon Moves Towards Infinity, plate one from To Edgar Poe
Odilon Redon · 1882 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon Moves Towards Infinity, plate one from To Edgar Poe is a public-domain illustration by Odilon Redon, dated 1882. Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon Moves Towards Infinity, plate one from To Edgar Poe” (1882) sits between something Redon had looked at and something he invented, whether it is one of the charcoal noirs or a later pastel.
About the artist
Odilon Redon (1840–1916) was a French artist of charcoal “noirs” and, later, glowing pastels of flowers, boats, and dream figures. The pictures sit between observed nature and something invented.
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