There Was Perhaps a First Vision Attempted in the Flower, plate 2 of 8 from "Les Origines"
Odilon Redon · 1883 · Lithograph in black on light gray chine 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
There Was Perhaps a First Vision Attempted in the Flower, plate 2 of 8 from "Les Origines" is a public-domain illustration by Odilon Redon, dated 1883. Lithograph in black on light gray chine laid down on white wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“There Was Perhaps a First Vision Attempted in the Flower, plate 2 of 8 from "Les Origines"” (1883) 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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