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Le polype difforme flottait sur les rivages, sorte de cyclope souriant et hideux; "Les Origines", Pl. III
The misshapen polyp floated on the shores, a sort of smiling and hideous Cyclops; Plate No. 3 from the set "The Origins"
Le polype difforme flottait sur les rivages, sorte de cyclope souriant et hideux; "Les Origines", Pl. III
1883
Medium/Technique
Lithograph on chine-collé
Dimensions
Image: 21.3 x 19.9 cm (8 3/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 32.2 x 26.5 cm (12 11/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 32.2 x 26.5 cm (12 11/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number67.276
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mellerio 047
Signed
Signed in image, lower right, vertically: ODILON REDON
Marks
Lower left, stamped in black ink -- mark of André Mellerio (Lugt 153a)
InscriptionsIn graphite, b.c.: Cyclope; in stone, l.l.: Odilon Redon del et lith; l.r.: Imp. Lemercier & Cie Paris
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.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 67.273-67.281 were purchased for this amount.