Melancholy
| Title | Melancholy |
|---|---|
| Artist | Odilon Redon French, 1840-1916 |
| Date | 1876 19th century |
| Medium | Various charcoals and gouache, with pastel and black chalk, and touches of stumping and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone, laid down on gray wove paper |
| Classification | pastel |
| Origin | France France |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Margaret Day Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C.Woods, and William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowments |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Melancholy” is a work by Odilon Redon French, 1840-1916, dated 1876. It is executed in various charcoals and gouache, with pastel and black chalk, and touches of stumping and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone, laid down on gray wove paper and classified as pastel. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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