And Bound Him a Thousand Years

And Bound Him a Thousand Years

Odilon Redon, 1899

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Artist: Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
Medium: Lithograph
Size: Image: 29.8 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Culture: France, late 19th Century
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights: CC0 — no rights reserved

The last of Odilon Redon’s 11 lithographic portfolios, this series relates to the Book of Revelation from the Christian Bible. The subject had been explored throughout art history, allowing the artist to align himself with past masters, such as Albrecht Dürer. Although Redon often vaguely referenced texts, these prints directly illustrate 12 individual passages, including one about a woman clothed with the sun and another focused on a great star falling from heaven. By the time he created this portfolio, Redon’s reputation was well established. The project was published by art dealer Ambroise Vollard, who began to sell and promote Redon’s work about a year earlier, building a market for his prints in Paris and abroad.

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It Is a Skull Wreathed with Roses. It Dominates a Woman's Torso of Pearly Whiteness

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I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

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I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed to Be Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed to Be Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24

Odilon Redon, 1896

Different Peoples Inhabit the Countries of the Ocean, plate 23 of 24

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