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The Beacon, 1883, reworked c. 1893. Pastel, with various charcoals and touches of black chalk, stumping and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red fibers altered to a golden tone, laid down on cardboard.
Pastel, with various charcoals and touches of black chalk, stumping and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red fibers altered to a golden tone, laid down on cardboard · 51.5 × 37.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Beacon
- Artist
- Odilon Redon French, 1840-1916
- Date
- 1883, reworked c. 1893
- Medium
- Pastel, with various charcoals and touches of black chalk, stumping and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red fibers altered to a golden tone, laid down on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 51.5 × 37.2 cm (20 5/16 × 14 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Theodora W. Brown and Mrs. Rue W. Shaw in memory of Anne R. Winterbotham
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1840–1916
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.