Odilon Redon
Les Arbres (The Trees)

ArtistFrench, 1840–1916
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Les Arbres (The Trees)
Date1890s
MediumCharcoal and black chalk with scratching, stumping and erasing, sprayed with fixative, on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 19 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (50.2 × 37.5 cm)
Frame: 28 × 22 × 1 1/2 in. (71.1 × 55.9 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harry C. Hanszen
Object number72.29
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Odilon Redon: Exposition au Japon," Musee d'Art Moderne de Gunma, Japan, February 24–March 25, 2001; Musee d'Art de Yamagata, Japan, April 4–May 6, 2001; Musee d'Art d'Odakyu, Tokyo, May 16–June 10, 2001; Musee des Beaux-Arts d'Hiroshima, Japan, July 7–August 19, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower right: ODILON REDON

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