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Source Description
Odilon Redon grew up near the massive Pyrénées mountains in southern France and their image recurred throughout his work. In a series of drawings made during the 1870s, Redon used the craggy surface and infinite reach of his native landscape to evoke a sense of solitude and isolation. The woman seen here, for example, leans forward and casts her eyes downward as if in resignation.
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Document identity
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109138
label
Melancholy
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drawing
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Source metadata
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109138
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drawing
title
Melancholy
description
Odilon Redon grew up near the massive Pyrénées mountains in southern France and their image recurred throughout his work. In a series of drawings made during the 1870s, Redon used the craggy surface and infinite reach of his native landscape to evoke a sense of solitude and isolation. The woman seen here, for example, leans forward and casts her eyes downward as if in resignation.
date
c. 1868
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60747404
creators
1748
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 32.1 x 22 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
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France, 19th century
accession
1927.299
Source extras
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graphite on beige wove paper
tombstone
Melancholy, c. 1868. Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916). Graphite on beige wove paper; sheet: 32.1 x 22 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.299
supportMaterials
description
beige wove paper (discolored)
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower right, in graphite: Od.R
didYouKnow
Redon incorporated fantastical details into his mountainous landscape, including a small creature seen faintly directly above the woman and a profile that vaguely appears in the shadows next to her.
citations
citation
<em>Odilon Redon (1840–1916): Pastels and Drawings</em>. Exh. cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 17, no. 33
citation
Rewald, John. "Quelques notes et documents sur Odilon Redon." <em>Gazette des Beaux-Arts</em> 48 (November 1956): 81-124.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 119
citation
Wildenstein, Alec. <em>Odilon Redon, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné</em>. Paris: Wildenstein Institute, 1992.
page_number
Mentioned: vol. I, p. 227, no. 576; Reproduced: p. 228
citation
Druick, Douglas W., Gloria Groom, Fred Leeman, Kevin Sharp, MaryAnne Stevens, Harriet K. Stratis, and Peter Kort Zegers. <em>Odilon Redon: Prince of Dreams, 1840–1916. </em>Exh. cat. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 62-63, 436, no. 21; Reproduced: p. 62
citation
Salsbury, Britany. <em>Nineteenth-Century French Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Lewes, UK, Cleveland, Ohio: GILES; Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 112-115, no. 16
catalogueRaisonne
Wildenstein 576
creditline
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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2026-05-29 05:49:57.942000
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109138
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Drawings
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DR - French
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graphite on beige wove paper
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male
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