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There was perhaps a first vision attempted in the flower; Plate No. 2 from the set "The Origins"


Il y eut peut etre une vision premier essayee dans la Fleur; from the set "Les Origines" Pl. II
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
1883

Medium/Technique Lithograph on chine collé
Dimensions Sheet: 36.5 x 27 cm (14 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Image: 22.1 x 17.7 cm (8 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number67.275
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mellerio 046
DescriptionSea anemone with eye inside
Signed signed
Marks Lower right, stamped in black ink -- mark of André Mellerio (Lugt 153a)
InscriptionsSigned in image, lower left: ODILON REDON
Lower left: Odilon Redon del et lith
Lower right.: Imp. Lemercier & Cie. Paris
Lower center in graphite pencil: Fleur Vivante
ProvenanceAndré Mellerio (b. 1862 - d. 1943, Lugt 153a), Paris; William H. Schab, New York; 1967, sold by William H. Schab to the MFA for $5,200 [see note]. (Accession Date: February 8, 1967)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 67.273-67.281 were purchased for this amount.