Le Coursier (The Race Horse)
1894
Medium
lithograph on chine applique; laid down on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 24.1 x 19.6 cm (9 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.) support: 60.7 x 40.1 cm (23 7/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1985.64.170
About the Artist
Odilon Redon · 1840–1916
Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a French Symbolist painter, printmaker, and pastellist whose visionary art bridged the 19th-century Symbolist movement and 20th-century Surrealism. Born Bertrand Redon in Bordeaux on April 20, 1840, he earned the nickname "Odilon" from his mother Odile. His father, who made his fortune in the Louisiana slave trade, conceived Odilon in New Orleans before the family retu...