FRENCH IMPRESSIONS: PRINTS FROM AMBROISE VOLLARD AND HENRI M. PETIET
ODILON REDON (1840-1916)
La Maison hauntée
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Price Realised USD 4,410
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USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
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Including: Je vis dessus le contour vaporeux d'une forme humaine; Je vis une lueur large et pâle; Il tenait ses yeux fixes sur moi avec une expression si étrange; Selon toute apparence, c'était une main de chair et de sang comme la mienne; Des larves si hideuses; La largeur et l'aplatissement de l'os frontal
René Philipon, a young patron and friend of Redon's, and a prominent occulist, who had translated Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1859 novel, The Haunted and the Haunters, provided both encouragement and the financing for this publication. Odilon Redon was a voracious reader of contemporary literature, and such texts often influenced his art. Redon’s prints capture the book’s mysterious tone and emphasis on the supernatural through vague but evocative imagery that sometimes borders on abstraction. By this time a seasoned expert in lithography, the artist collaborated with master printer Auguste Clot. Their combined technical skills allowed for the rich tonal variation seen here, made by turning Redon’s lithographic crayon on its side, layering various marks, and even scratching directly into the surface of his stone.
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In addition to the catalogue description, each with full margins, pale light- and time staining, pale foxing in places (primarily visible in the margins), splitting to the portfolio case
Je vis dessus le contour vaporeux d'une forme humaine: a pale area of discoloration at the lower right sheet corner, two hinge remains in places on the reverse left sheet edge Image: 10 x 71⁄8 in. (254 x 181 mm.)
Je vis une lueur large et pâle: a soft handling crease in the left sheet margin, two hinge remains in places on the reverse left sheet edge Image: 9 x 65⁄8 in. (229 x 168 mm.)
Il tenait ses yeux fixe's sur moi avec une expression si étrange: a soft handling crease in the lower sheet margin Image: 9 x 6 in. (229 x 152 mm.)
Selon toute apparence, c'était une main de chair et de sang comme la mienne: an area of discoloration in the lower margin, two hinge remains in places on the reverse left sheet edge Image: 95⁄8 x 7 in. (245 x 178 mm.)
Des larves si hideusses: occasional soft handling creases in places in the margins, a 5⁄8-in. tear at the lower right sheet edge Image: 7 x 65⁄8 in. (245 x 168 mm.)
La largeur et l'aplatissement de l'os frontal: scattered foxing and mottling throughout, an area of pale discoloration in the lower left sheet margin, creasing at the upper sheet edge Image: 9 x 6 in. (229 x 152 mm.)
Please note this lot consists of six unframed prints in a potfolio case.
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Lot 115Sale 21468
La Maison hauntéeODILON REDON (1840-1916)Estimate: USD 3,000 - 5,000
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