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Et celui qui était monté dessus se nommait la Mort (And the rider was called Death), from the portfolio Apocalypse de Saint-Jean (Apocalypse of Saint John)


Odilon Redon, Et celui qui était monté dessus se nommait la Mort (And the rider was called Death), from the portfolio Apocalypse de Saint-Jean (Apocalypse of Saint John), 1899, lithograph printed chine collé on thick white wove paper, Gift of Drs. Louis and Annette Kaufman, public domain, 82.93.61

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Title

Et celui qui était monté dessus se nommait la Mort (And the rider was called Death), from the portfolio Apocalypse de Saint-Jean (Apocalypse of Saint John)

Related Titles

original language: Et celui qui était monté dessus se nommait la Mort

portfolio (original language): Apocalypse de Saint-Jean

portfolio (translated): Apocalypse of Saint John

translated: And the rider was called Death

Artist

Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)

Date

1899

Medium

lithograph printed chine collé on thick white wove paper

Edition

100

Catalogue Raisonné

Mellerio 1913, no. 176

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 12 3/16 in x 8 13/16 in; sheet: 17 1/4 in x 13 3/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

signature: OR, printed, lower right in image

title: . ..... et celui qui était monté dessus se nommait la Mort,, printed, lower left Translation: And the rider was called Death Language: French

Collection Area

Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Object Type

planographic print

Culture

French

Credit Line

Gift of Drs. Louis and Annette Kaufman

Accession Number

82.93.61

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Animalia

chine collé

deaths

horse

lithography

paper

planographic printing

planographic prints

skeleton

Description

Odilon Redon was a master of manipulating shades of black to create mysterious, dreamlike works. Here he rendered the figure of Death, emerging upon a powerful horse, in subtle shades of gray. Such an image, of Death riding a horse, has a long artistic history and is linked to the story of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as referenced in the biblical Book of Revelation.

History
Exhibitions

2009 Word and Image/Word as Image Portland Art Museum

2017 Kingdom Animalia: Animals in Print from Dürer to Picasso Portland Art Museum

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