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Saint Anthony: Somewhere there must be primordial shapes whose bodies are only images, Odilon Redon

Saint Anthony: Somewhere there must be primordial shapes whose bodies are only images

Saint-Antoine: Il doit y avoir quelque part des figures primordiales dont les corps ne sont que les images (Saint Anthony: "Somewhere there must be primordial shapes whose bodiesare only images") (museum title)

Odilon Redon (French) (1840-1916)

Movement
Symbolism
Date
1889
Medium
Lithograph
Collection
National Gallery of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
National Gallery of Art, public domain

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EyeFaceEyelashHairFantastic creatureMonsterMysteryDreamStrangeSaint AnthonyReligionShadowFigureLithographPrintBlack and whiteMonochrome
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