La Cellule Auriculaire (Auricular Cell)

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)

1893

Medium/TechniqueLithograph chine collé

DimensionsImage: 26.7 x 24.9 cm (10 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 54.2 x 39.1 cm (21 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession number60.701

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Inscriptionsl.r., in pencil: ORProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1960, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)

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The Satyr with the cynical smile; Plate No. 5 from the set "The Origins"

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There were struggles and vain victories; Plate No. 6 from the set "The Origins"

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The impotent wing did not lift the animal into that black space; Plate No. 7 from the set "The Origins"

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1883