Odilon Redon (Bordeaux 1840-1916 Paris)
"Sainte et Chardon" ["Saint and Thistle"]
1891
lithograph in black on chine collé on wove paper
image 28,5 x 27 cm (sheet 56,1 x 40,1 cm)
signed lower right in pencil: "Odilon Redon"
The Daulton Collection
Condition: with a few foxing spots; in lower right corner with small paper loss; and with traces of an old mounting on the back.
Catalogue raisonne: Mellerio 109
Published by Becquet, Paris, in an edition of 50 copies, this impression appears to be a proof before letters. Compare British Museum registration number 1949,0411.3509, which shows the printed inscriptions "La Sainte et le Chardon" and "50 exemplaires."
description: A half-length woman with a cowl and a nimbus over her head standing in a rocky landscape, a thistle beside her.
