Closed Eyes — About This Work
Odilon Redon, 1890
About the Work
A softly lit head appears above a low, ambiguous horizon. The eyes remain closed, while the dark, jagged forms below resist a single clear interpretation.
Cleveland describes this impression as a trial proof made while Redon was working with the printer Becquet. The museum also notes that the figure has been identified with Redon’s wife, Camille Falte, while its appearance remains androgynous.
The museum records an image extent of 24.2 × 31.2 cm. That evidence is kept distinct from the surrounding support in the canonical Original Scale treatment.
The Work
Artist: Odilon Redon
Title: Closed Eyes
Date: 1890
Medium: Lithograph
Recorded dimensions: 24.2 × 31.2 cm (W × H)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1927.306
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 30 × 40 cm Classic Frame, portrait.
The complete artwork is reproduced at its recorded scale, subject only to negligible whole-pixel rounding, without enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion. The surrounding white presentation area accommodates the artwork within the framed presentation and is incorporated into the print rather than added as a separate mount.
Frame finishes: Black, White or Natural.
Paper & glazing: Enhanced Matte + Perspex; or Enhanced Matte + Moth-Eye.
Why Original Scale?
Most art-print shops offer the same image in a choice of Small, Medium and Large sizes. We take a different approach. For each edition, we begin with the recorded dimensions of the original work and reproduce the complete image at that scale, preserving its proportions and avoiding enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion.
Source: Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.
Care: Display in a dry interior away from prolonged direct sunlight and sources of moisture.
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