Description:
Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)
Il y eut peut-être une vision première essayée dans la fleur, plate 2 from Les origines, 1883, outside of the edition of 25, printed by Lemercier & Cie., Paris (Mellerio, 46). Signed within the matrix, inscribed "unique épreuve sur blanc - 2eme planche" in pencil and with unidentified collector's mark l.l. Lithograph on paper, image size 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (22.4 x 17.9 cm),framed.
Condition: Foxing, pinhole to margins at each corner of the image, glue/residue to verso, handling and other subtle creases.
N.B. Mellerio states "l'oeil fleur a été tiré en outre à un exemplaire unique sur papier blanc" which seems to describe this impression.
Estimate $5,000-7,000
The sheet measures 21 1/16 x 15 1/2 in. The edges are thinned on the reverse, and the work may have been removed from some sort of backing. There may have been a horizontal fold across the upper margin that has been mitigated/removed.
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