Live Auction 23970Spellbound: The Hegewisch Collection Part II
ODILON REDON (1840-1916)
Lot 929

ODILON REDON (1840-1916)

L' Aile

Closed7 March 2026

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ODILON REDON (1840-1916)
L' Aile
lithograph
1893
on Chine appliqué paper
from the edition of 25 impressions
printed by Becquet, Paris
with wide margins
some pale foxing, otherwise in good condition
Image 31,8 x 24,5 cm. (12 ½ x 9 ½ in.)
Sheet 44,2 x 35,6 cm. (17 ½ x 14 in.)

Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 18-19 June, 1998, lot 762 (unsold).
Acquired after the above sale; by descent to the present owners.

Specialist note

Within Odilon Redon's dark and melancholic printed oeuvre, this image of the divine winged horse Pegasus surrounded by an aureole of light is a remarkably uplifting work. Pinsky, Rosen and Mackenzie thought it might be symbolic of the recovery of his country several years after the defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The 1890s in France, the height of the Belle Époque, were a period of optimism and renewed confidence.

It appears that Redon and the printer had envisaged an edition of fifty, but but the actual print-run did not exceed 25 impressions and a few trial proofs.