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Follow the woman’s gaze from her green halo to the oval of light at left, then look for the small bursts of color scattered below.
A woman in profile, wearing a red cap and ringed by a pale green halo, looks across a deep blue night sky toward a glowing oval form. Redon laid pastel over charcoal and added small flecks of gold and color like stars. He showed it at the Durand-Ruel gallery in Paris in 1899, and it was later sold at auction under the title “L’évocation.”
Pastel, with touches of black Conté crayon, over various charcoals, on cream wove paper altered to a golden tone · 53.6 × 37.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Post-Impressionism
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Details and source
- Museum title
- Sita
- Artist
- Odilon Redon French, 1840-1916
- Date
- c. 1893
- Medium
- Pastel, with touches of black Conté crayon, over various charcoals, on cream wove paper altered to a golden tone
- Dimensions
- 53.6 × 37.7 cm (21 1/8 × 14 7/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Joseph Winterbotham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.