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Odilon Redon
À Edgar Poe (Un masque sonne le glas funèbre) [To Edgar Poe (A Mask Sounds the Death Knell)]1882

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Lithograph with deep black tones showing a large bell with a clapper above a pale, upward-gazing mask-like face, a twisted rope and skeletal hand to the right

Odilon Redon, À Edgar Poe (Un masque sonne le glas funèbre) [To Edgar Poe (A Mask Sounds the Death Knell)], 1882, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Wallis Foundation Fund in memory of Hal B. Wallis, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Odilon Redon
France, Bordeaux, 1840-1916
Title
À Edgar Poe (Un masque sonne le glas funèbre) [To Edgar Poe (A Mask Sounds the Death Knell)]
Place Made
France
Date Made
1882
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 3/8 in. (44.77 × 31.43 cm) Image: 10 1/4 × 7 5/8 in. (26.04 × 19.37 cm)
Credit Line
Wallis Foundation Fund in memory of Hal B. Wallis
Accession Number
AC1997.14.1.3
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Papanikolas, Theresa. Doctrinal Nourishment: Art and Anarchism in the Time of James Ensor. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2009.