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Maker(s):Redon, Odilon
Culture:French (1840 - 1916)
Title:With Closed Eyes
Date Made:ca. 1895-1905
Type:Painting
Materials:oil on canvas
Place Made:France
Measurements:stretcher: 25 3/4 x 20 in.; 65.405 x 50.8 cm
Narrative Inscription:  undated, signed in red paint at lower right: ODILON / REDON
Accession Number:  SC 1956.16
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Charles Inslee (Marguerite Tuthill, class of 1915)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
allegory

Label Text:
A head with closed eyes floats in a haze of clouds and flowers. The woman, whose features have been associated with those of Redon’s wife, seems to sleep. Redon gives visual form to dreams and visions through his expressive use of color, applied in loose brushstrokes that allow the canvas to show through in some spots.

Redon was a leading artist of the Symbolist movement, which moved away from representing nature and the external world to explore the interior realm of the imagination and the unconscious mind. In many ways, this painting illustrates the key tenets of this movement.

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