Elle tire de sa poitrine une éponge toute noire, la couvre de baisers (She Draws from Her Bosom a Sponge, Perfectly Black, and Covers it with Kisses), plate 8 from a series of illustrations for La Tentation de Saint Antoine (The Temptation of Saint Anthony) by Gustave Flaubert, 3rd version
Odilon Redon, French, 1840 - 1916
1896
Lithograph on paper
Mellerio 141, Werner 116
Impression: 76 × 60 5/8 in. (193 × 154 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.955.102
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
none
Exhibition History
19th Century Prints from the Permanent Collection, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 24-April 23, 1978.
Art 52, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 26, 1981-January 1982.
Provenance
Ferdinand Roten Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland; sold to present collection, 1955.
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