The Sphinx
Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)1883
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Materials & printing
Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
Shipping & returns
Made to order and delivered in 5–8 business days (2–4 to print, 3–4 in transit). US shipping only for now. Because each print is made for your order, all sales are final — but if it arrives damaged or defective, send us a photo within 14 days and we’ll replace it free. Full policy.
Why is it this affordable?
A thin, flat margin on every piece — just enough to keep the store running. Most of what you pay is the print itself. We only sell sizes that reproduce at full quality, and we don’t mark up the large sizes the way most shops do.
Details
- Medium
- Various charcoals, with touches of black chalk, stumping, wiping, and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone
- Original size
- 52.6 × 37.7 cm (20 3/4 × 14 7/8 in.)
Museum record · 2 owners · 7 exhibitions
Provenance
- Commissioned by Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939), Paris, February 10, 1899.
- Henri Petiet (1894-1980), Paris, by March 1940; sold to the Art Institute, 1950.
Exhibitions
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Exhibition of 19 charcoals owned by Jean Goriany made for Flaubert's The Temptation of Saint Anthony," August 1941.
- New York, The Museum of Modern Art, "Redon, Drawing, and Lithographs," 1952.
- Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso," October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p..
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977.
- Tokyo, The Tokyo Shimbun, "Redon au Japon," March 1-August 31, 1980; traveled to Tokyo, Musée d'Isetan, Sapporo, Musée d'Art Moderne D'Hokkaido, and the Musée de la Prefecture de Nagoya.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Odilon Redon: Prince of Dreams," June 9-September 18, 1994, cat. by Douglas Druick et al; traveled to Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, October 20, 1994-January 15, 1995; and London, Royal Academy of Arts, February 16-May 31, 1995.
- Paris, Musée du Louvre, "La peinture comme crime ou la part maudite de la realité," October 19, 2001-January 14, 2002.
