The Sphinx: '...my gaze that nothing can deflect, passing through objects, remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon.' The Chimera: 'As for me, I am light and joyful', plate 5 from To Gustave Flaubert

The Sphinx: "...my gaze that nothing can deflect, passing through objects, remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "As for me, I am light and joyful," plate 5 from To Gustave Flaubert (museum title)

Odilon Redon (French) (1840-1916)

Movement

Symbolism

Date

1889

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

28.2 × 20.2 cm

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Rights

Public domain

Photograph

Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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