ODILON REDON | Homme et sphère

Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Stephen Higgons, Paris (acquired circa 1958)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 22nd March 1961, lot 38
Private Collection (acquired circa 1975)

Paris, Stephen Higgons, Odilon Redon. Magicien du noir et blanc, 1958, no. 28, illustrated in the catalogue
London, The Matthiesen Gallery, Odilon Redon, 1840-1916, 1959, no. 8, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie Marcel Guiot, Aquarelles et dessins de Delacroix à Vlaminck, 1963, no. 41

Klaus Berger, Odilon Redon, Phantasie und Farbe, Cologne, 1964, no. 582, illustrated n.p.
Suzy Lévy, Journal inédit de Ricardo Viñes. Odilon Redon et le milieu occultiste (1897-1915), Paris, 1987, illustrated pl. VI
Alec Wildenstein, Odilon Redon, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint et dessiné: Mythes et légendes, vol. II, Paris, 1994, no. 1055, illustrated p. 154

Executed on buff wove paper, not laid down, adhered to the mount along all four edges with adhesive, and floating in the mount. The sheet is time-stained and gently undulating. There is an artist pinhole in the centre of the upper edge, and two very minor spots of foxing in the lower right quadrant. This work is in overall good condition.
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