Maker(s): | Redon, Odilon; Becquet, Just (printed by)
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Culture: | French (Redon 1840 - 1916) (Becquet 1829 - 1907)
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Title: | Le Sphinx: ... mon regard, que rien ne peut dévier..., from À Gustave Flaubert - la Tentation de St. Antoine
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Date Made: | ca. 1889
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Type: | Print
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Materials: | lithograph printed in black on chine appliqué on heavy white wove paper
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Place Made: | France
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Measurements: | sheet: 21 5/8 x 14 in.; 54.9275 x 35.56 cm; image: 11 1/8 x 8 in.; 28.2575 x 20.32 cm
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Narrative Inscription: | signed on stone at lower center: ODILON REDON, inscribed in black type below image at lower center: le sphinx: / ... mon regard, que rien ne peut dévier, demeure tendu à travers les choses sur un horizon inaccessible / la chimère: / Moi, je suis légère et joyeuse!
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Accession Number: | SC 1989.21.3
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Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Bertram Gabriel Jr. (Helen Cohen, class of 1948) in memory of her parents, Sadie and Sidney S. Cohen
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Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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