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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M4250
People
Odilon Redon, French (Bordeaux, France 1840 - 1916 Paris, France)
Title
The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon Moves Towards Infinity
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'oeil, comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers L'INFINI
Series/Book Title: A Edgar Poe, pl. 1
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1882
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/272934

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph, chine collé, on heavy cream wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
chine: 26.3 x 19.9 cm (10 3/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
sheet: 45.2 x 31.5 cm (17 13/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Hofer, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Mellerio 38, Werner 13

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
M4250
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lost Paradise: Symbolist Europe, exh. cat., The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal, Canada, 1995), 521, no. 340
  • Harvard Art Museums: In Your Hands, Harvard Art Museums and GILES (Cambridge, 2025)

Exhibition History

  • Romantic Prints: David to Courbet, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/1980 - 04/30/1980
  • The Age of Romanticism, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/15/1986 - 05/18/1986
  • COSMOS: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 06/17/1999 - 10/17/1999; Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona, 11/23/1999 - 02/20/2000
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 11 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 10/07/2011 - 11/05/2011

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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