ODILON REDON (1840-1916)
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ODILON REDON (1840-1916)

La grappe or Le marchand de ballons

Details
ODILON REDON (1840-1916)
La grappe or Le marchand de ballons
signed 'ODILON REDON' (lower left)
charcoal and estompe on paper
15 1⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 in. (38.5 x 27.5 cm.)
Provenance
Émile Bernard, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Louis Libaude, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 30 May 1906.
Private collection, by 1993.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 May 2021, lot 157.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Wildenstein, Odilon Redon, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné, vol. II, Mythes et légendes, Paris, 1994, no. 1099, p. 181 (illustrated pp. 180 & 181).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Jean-Claude & Jacques Bellier, D'Ingres à nos jours, aquarelles, pastels et dessins, 1960, no. 69, p. 33 (titled ‘La grappe’).

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