Two Trees
Artist
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)French, 1840–1916
CultureFrench
Titles
- Two Trees
Datec. 1890
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)
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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Exhibition History"In the Shadow of the Hermit: Rodolphe Bresdin's Eerie Influence," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Sept. 20, 2025-March 1, 2026 [Ninth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
"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.
Published References A. Mongan, "Great Drawings of all Time. Vol. III: French Thirteenth Century to 1919", New York, 1962, no. 841, illus.; Roseline Bacou, "Odilon Redon", Geneva, 1956, L. L. p. 41, note 17; World Collectors Annuary, vol. XXII, 1971; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "A Guide to the Collection", Houston, 1981, no. 190, p. 110, illus.; "A Permanent Legacy," introduction by Peter C. Marzio, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Hudson Hills Press, 1989. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower right: ODILON REDON
Catalogue raisonnéAlec Wildenstein, 1992, Odilon Redon : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné, V. III Fleurs et Passage, p. 200, no. 1676.
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