Harvard Art Museums > 1955.166: The Death of Orpheus Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Death of Orpheus (Odilon Redon) , 1955.166,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/195672. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1955.166 People Odilon Redon, French (Bordeaux, France 1840 - 1916 Paris, France) Title The Death of Orpheus Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1904 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/195672 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on panel Dimensions sight: 29.2 x 75.6 cm (11 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.) framed: 55.5 x 101.5 cm (21 7/8 x 39 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l.: Odilon Redon inscription: verso, left side of cradle, black ink: 5969 inscription: verso, center of cradle, white chalk: C [illegible text] NTR inscription: verso, frame, upper left, white chalk: ISA inscription: verso, frame, upper left, white chalk: P inscription: verso, lower right of frame, white chalk: 2-2[illegible] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Jos Hessel, sold; to Gustave Fayet (1865-1925), Béziers, 1910. [1] Marcel Kapferer, Paris, probably by 1938. [Wildenstein & Co., New York, New York], sold; to Private Collector, 1955, gift; to Fogg Art Museum,1955 Notes [1] Hessel provenance from "Gustave Fayet: "L'oeil souverain," pp. 139-140 [2] Marcel Kapferer likely owned the painting during the 1938 exhibition. The catalogue's format makes the ownership slightly unclear. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift in memory of Clément Dorra Accession Year 1955 Object Number 1955.166 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History André Salmon, "Odilon Redon" (Paris, France, January 1913), no. 1, repr. Claude Roger-Marx, Exhibition of Paintings by Odilon Redon, exh. cat., Wildenstein & Company (London, 1938), no. 40 Odilon Redon, exh. cat., Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris, 1956), under no. 27 Visionaries and Dreamers, exh. cat., Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1956), no. 27, repr. William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture from American College and University Collections: Inaugural Exhibition, exh. cat. (Chapel Hill, NC, 1958), cat. no. 52 Robert Schmutzler, Art Nouveau-Jugendstil, Verlag Gerd Hatje (Stuttgart, Germany, 1962), reproduced no. 125, pp. 120-121 Klaus Berger, Odilon Redon: Phantasie und Farbe, M. DuMont Schauberg (Cologne, Germany, 1964), no. 127, p. 191 Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 126; reproduced no. 406 Alec Wildenstein, Odilon Redon: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné, Wildenstein Institute (Paris, 1992-1998), vol. 2, no. 887, repr. Stéphane Guibourgé, Alexandre d'Andoque, and Magali Rougeot, Gustave Fayet: L'oeil souverain, Editions du Regard (Paris, 2015), pp. 139-140, 216 note 272 Exhibition History Exhibition of Paintings by Odilon Redon, Wildenstein Gallery, London, London, 01/01/1938 - 12/31/1938 Visionaries and Dreamers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 05/01/1956 - 05/31/1956 Inaugural Exhibition, William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, Chapel Hill, 09/20/1958 - 10/20/1958 Sublimations: Art and Sensuality in the 19th Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/13/1996 - 07/21/2002 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu