Portrait of Odilon Redon

ca.1891

Not on view

This introspective portrait of the symbolist painter Redon was made in preparation for a lithograph that featured on the cover of the periodical "Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui" (The Men of Today) in 1891. As founding members of the Société des Artistes Indépendents, the two artists had known each other and corresponded since 1884. Schuffenecker also collected Redon's work, acquiring a number of drawings and prints around the time he made this portrait.

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Title: Portrait of Odilon Redon
Artist: Emile Schuffenecker (French, Frèsne Saint-Mamès 1851–1934 Paris)
Sitter: Odilon Redon (French, Bordeaux 1840–1916 Paris)
Date: ca.1891
Medium: Fabricated black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 9 3/8 in. (31 × 23.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson, 2016
Object Number: 2016.765.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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