Sketchbook
c. 1879–85
Medium
55-page sketch book of drawings in pencil on cream wove (with a few buff and blue) paper, with (simulated) laid paper interleaves, bound in black cardboard with black fabric taping on spine
Dimensions
11 × 18.5 × 1.7 cm (4 3/8 × 7 5/16 × 11/16 in.)
Classification
sketchbook
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
111549
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...