Image
Description
Maker
Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), printmaker
Lemercier, printer
G. Fischbacher, publisher
Title
L'oeil, comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers l'infini (The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Moves Toward Infinity)
A Edgar Poe
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
lithograph Dimensions
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Plate 27.9 x 19.7 cm (11 x 7 3/4 inches) including inscriptions
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered: UR: "Odilon Redon"; LC: "Imp. Lemercier & C.ie r. de Seine 57."; and "L'Oeil, comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers l'infini"
Portfolio cover stamped with the collector's mark of André Marie Louis Mellerio (1862-1942; Lugt 153a)
Verso: stamped with the collector's mark of Emile Laffon (1868-1931; Lugt 877a)
Identification
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Standard Reference Number
Mellerio no. 38 Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr.
Object Number
50.372.1 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related
Related
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Tombstone
Lemercier, printer
G. Fischbacher, publisher
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